Israel-Gaza War: More than 100 Palestinians lost their lives and several others were left wounded after an Israeli attack on a school in the centre of Gaza City, news agency Reuters reported, citing Palestinian news agency WAFA.
As per WAFA news agency, the Israeli military struck the school hosting displaced Palestinians, while the Israeli army stated that it had hit a Hamas command centre.
"The Israeli strikes targeted the displaced people while performing Fajr (dawn) prayers, a matter led to a rapid increase in the number of casualties," the Hamas-run Gaza government media office said in a statement, as quoted by Reuters.
"Forty martyrs and dozens wounded after the Israeli bombing of the Al-Tabai'een school in the Al-Sahaba area in Gaza City," civil defence agency spokesman Mahmoud Basal said earlier in a post on Telegram.
Earlier this week, Hamas announced that its Gaza leader Yahya Sinwar will be its new political leader, replacing the assassinated Ismail Haniyeh, reports said. The announcement came a week after its politburo chief Haniyeh was assassinated in his Tehran accommodation, hours after he attended the inauguration of President Masoud Pezeshkian.
Meanwhile, French President Emmanuel Macron has reaffirmed his country's support for a ceasefire in Gaza aimed at freeing all hostages, protecting Gazans, and delivering large-scale humanitarian aid, the Elysee Palace has said.
Macron made these remarks during telephone conversations on Thursday and Friday with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Xinhua news agency reported.
During the phone discussions, Macron and the two Arab leaders agreed to continue working towards a lasting and credible solution to the crisis, based on the two-state solution.
The French leader reiterated France's commitment to collaborating with its partners in the Arab League, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, and the international community to define a political framework that would restore peace and security to the region.