Dozens killed in Israeli airstrike at Gaza school that IDF says Hamas was using

Dozens of people were killed in an Israeli strike on Thursday on a school where the Israel Defense Forces said Hamas was operating from in the Gaza Strip.

The IDF estimated that between 20 to 30 Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists were at the school, which is run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinians, when it was hit, according to the Times of Israel.

The terrorists were in three classrooms separate from where civilians were sheltering.

Hamas claims at least 27 people were killed in the strike, and it is unclear how many of the casualties were members of a terrorist organization.

The casualty count may be higher, as hospital records and an Associated Press reporter on the scene recorded 33 deaths from the strike.

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