Israeli attack on Gaza school kills at least 50 Palestinians

Dozens of Palestinians were killed after Israeli missiles and artillery hit a school in the north of the Gaza Strip that was sheltering internally displaced people.

Palestine's Shehab news agency said about 50 Palestinians were killed as the Israeli regime launched a missile attack on the al-Buraq School in Gaza.

The director of al-Shifa Hospital, where the casualties had been taken, also said around 50 people were martyred by Israeli strikes on the Palestinian school.

"About 50 martyrs were recovered from inside al-Buraq school... in the al-Nasr neighborhood in Gaza after missile and artillery strikes that targeted the school this morning," said Mohammad Abu Salmiya, the al-Shifa Hospital director.

Hamas described Israeli attacks on civilians as a “disgrace in the face of humanity”, saying in a Friday statement that “Our people will not be defeated by these criminal, fascist actions.”

It said these attacks, which ignored “all international humanitarian laws” and are supported by the US administration, will not break the Palestinian people and the “resistance.”

Israel’s brutal onslaught on Gaza since October 7 has claimed more than 11,000 innocent lives in the besieged territory. 

Meanwhile, the Red Cross warned on Friday that the healthcare system in war-ravaged Gaza has "reached a point of no return" after Israel’s incessant bombardment of the blockaded Strip.

Israel continues bombing hospitals in Gaza

Israeli occupation forces continue their genocidal airstrikes, bombing hospitals in the besieged Gaza Strip.

The occupying regime has over the past weeks launched various strikes on Gaza’s medical and educational facilities as part of its month-long onslaught on the besieged area.

Tel Aviv has so far defied international calls to implement a ceasefire aimed at taking Palestinian civilians, including women and children, out of harm’s way.

'Gaza integral part of Palestine': Abbas says PA ready to assume control of Strip

Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas has described the Gaza Strip as an “integral” part of Palestine and expressed the PA’s readiness to assume control of the blockaded area after the end of the ongoing Israeli genocide in the coastal silver.

Abbas made the remarks in a speech on Friday marking the 19th anniversary of the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, who chaired the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) until 2004.

Abbas was cited by Palestine's official Wafa news agency as saying that he had no words to describe "genocidal war and destruction inflicted upon our Palestinian people in Gaza by the Israeli killing machine, with blatant disregard for international law."

"How can the world remain silent in the face of the killing and injury of over 40,000 Palestinians, predominantly children and women, and the destruction of tens of thousands of homes, infrastructure, hospitals, and shelters?" he asked.

Abbas said that the Palestinian Authority was ready to assume responsibility for the Gaza Strip within the framework of a comprehensive political solution.

"The Gaza Strip is an integral part of the State of Palestine, and we will bear our full responsibilities within the framework of a comprehensive political solution for both the West Bank, including al-Quds and the Gaza Strip," he said.

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