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Israeli strike on Khan Younis shelter kills at least 31 amid surge in Gaza fighting

IDF reviewing airstrike after confirming an attack using ‘precision munitions’, which Gaza officials say killed eight children

An Israeli airstrike on the entrance of a school-turned-shelter in southern Gaza has killed at least 31 people as a stepped-up military offensive in the territory sent thousands fleeing in search of refuge.

The airstrike on Tuesday afternoon hit the tents of displaced families outside a school in the town of Abassan, east of Khan Younis. Officials at the nearby Nasser hospital said on Wednesday that 31 people had been killed, including eight children, and more than 50 wounded.

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