Israeli strike on Gaza school kills 100 people during dawn prayers
Lubna Masarwa
Middle East Eye
Videos obtained by MEE showed scores of bodies strewn across the floor of the Tabin school in Gaza City after it was targeted in an early morning strike
At least 100 Palestinian civilians, including women and children, were killed at dawn on Saturday after Israeli forces targeted a school in Gaza City whilst displaced people performed morning prayers.
Videos obtained by Middle East Eye showed charred bodies and limbs strewn across a concrete floor, as people scrambled to find their loved ones following the attacks.
Another video appeared to show dozens of bodies covered in cloths and laid out in a courtyard.
The victims of the attack were taken to the partially functioning Maamadani hospital, one of the few operating hospitals in north Gaza.
Moatasem Dalloul, an activist and resident of Gaza City, told Middle East Eye that the hospital does not have enough beds for the wounded and many are being kept in the hallways.
In a video he shared with MEE, a young boy suffering from burns and wounds across his body is seen bandaged and lying on a stretcher in a corridor.
💬 “The bodies of the people who were killed are placed everywhere in the yards of the hospital and their loved ones are bidding them farewell,” said Dalloul, who went to the school following the massacre. “Israel keeps targetting shelters, but people continue to shelter in these places because their homes have been destroyed in repeated Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip.”