The Israel Air Force struck Hamas terrorists operating from within a command and control center based in the Ibn Al-Haytam School in the Gaza City area, the IDF reported on Wednesday afternoon. The IAF strike was reportedly conducted according to intelligence provided by the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) and Military Intelligence Directorate.

GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories - An Israeli air strike hit a school-turned-shelter in Gaza City on Sept 14, with Palestinian rescuers reporting five dead and the Israeli military saying it had targeted Hamas militants.

"Five martyrs and a number of wounded were recovered after the occupation targeted Ibn Al Haytam School in the Shujaiya neighbourhood" of Gaza City, the agency said in a statement.

The UN says most of dead are women and children. The school, sheltering displaced people, had a Hamas police outpost, a Gaza official said.

An IDF air strike on a Gaza City house where displaced Palestinians were taking refuge has killed 11 people, Gaza's civil defence ministry said.

Israel said it had launched a “precise strike” against Hamas militants operating from two school compounds in northern Gaza, as the family of a slain American lashes out at Israel.

Gaza's civil defence agency said that an Israeli air strike on a school-turned-shelter killed five people, while the Israeli military said it targeted Hamas militants. "Five martyrs and a number of wounded were recovered after the occupation targeted Ibn Al-Haytam School in the Shujaiya neighbourhood" of Gaza City, the agency said in a statement.