A school that was sheltering displaced Palestinians in Khan Younis was hit by an overnight Israeli strike, according to Palestinian state news agency WAFA.

Rubble on the floors and large holes in the walls of the school were seen on Sunday following the strike.

“Total destruction”, 17-year-old Palestinian eyewitness, Hala al-Masri, said. Meanwhile, a funeral was held in Khan Younis on Sunday for people killed in an Israeli strike.

There was no immediate comment from Israel. The Gaza war began when Hamas killed more than 1,200 people and took 251 hostage in a cross-border attack on southern Israel on October 7, 2023, according to Israeli figures.

Israel’s air and ground war in densely populated Gaza has since killed more than 60,000 Palestinians, according to enclave health officials.

Humanitarian aid airdropped over Central Gaza

A plane airdropped humanitarian aid on Sunday over Central Gaza.

One Palestinian who went to collect aid, Nazem Abu Jarad, said that aid airdropping was dangerous and called on the countries sending humanitarian assistance to use the borders instead.

Since March, Israel restricted the flow of aid and goods into the enclave in what it said was pressure on Hamas militants to free the remaining hostages they took in their October 2023 attack on Israel.

Israel blames Hamas for the suffering in Gaza but, in response to a rising international outcry, it announced steps last week to let more aid reach the population, including pausing fighting for part of the day in some areas, approving air drops and announcing protected routes for aid convoys.

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