Israel strikes market and school in Gaza, killing at least 20 Palestinians
A mourner reacts next to the body of a Palestinian child killed in an Israeli strike in Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, 20 August 2024
Al Jazeera reports on 20 August 2024:
At least 20 more Palestinians have been killed in another deadly day in Gaza after Israeli forces targeted a busy market and a school sheltering the displaced people.
At least eight Palestinians were killed on Tuesday in an Israeli attack on a crowded market in Deir el-Balah in central Gaza, according to an Al Jazeera correspondent on the scene, who said the number of the dead could rise.
“This area is close to the market, it’s a very busy street. It has a lot of traffic and that’s why there are a lot of casualties,” Al Jazeera’s Hind Khoudary said. She said many children were injured in the attack that hit an area less than a kilometre (0.6 miles) away from the Al-Aqsa Hospital, where most of the injured were brought.
“There are at least 10 Palestinians, including children, still in the ICU,” Khoudary said, adding that many of them are in critical condition. “Most of those who were wounded were children. We saw them in the hospital in the corridors lying on the ground, covered in blood and waiting for doctors.”