At least 22 dead after Israeli airstrike on school in Gaza

An Israeli strike on a school in northern Gaza yesterday killed at least 22 people, according to the Gaza health ministry.

Another 30 were wounded in the strike on the school in the Zeitoun area of Gaza City, the ministry said in a statement. Most of the casualties were women and children.

Dozens of people, including children, dug through the rubble of the building — its ceilings caved in, walls knocked out and a mess of wires and metal rods visible. Outside, others gathered around shrouded bodies.

Some covered their faces as they wept for relatives killed in the strike. “A missile, a missile from the plane hit us, and another missile,” said Ferial Deloul, who is displaced. “We saw the whole world covered with smoke and stones and we saw people and children cut up. — What should we do? What is our fault for this to happen to us?”