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Israeli strikes kill dozens in Gaza, including people in shelter

Israeli strikes kills dozens in Gaza including people sheltering at school
MENA
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Israel targeted a school in Gaza, killing at least 17 people in the devastated territory, as Yemen's Houthis fired a missile towards northern Israel.

Gaza's civil defence agency on Wednesday said its crew recovered charred bodies from a school-turned-shelter for displaced people, with Israeli strikes killing dozens of people in the devastated territory on Wednesday.

At least 23 of the victims, who included women and children, died in an air strike targeting the Yafa school building in Gaza City's Al-Tuffah neighbourhood.

"The school was housing displaced people. The bombing sparked a massive blaze, and several charred bodies have since been recovered," he said.

Yemen's Houthi rebels launched a missile early Wednesday toward northern Israel, a rare target for the group as a monthlong intense US airstrike campaign continues to target them. The Houthis separately claimed shooting down a US MQ-9 Reaper drone over Yemen.

Sirens sounded in Haifa, Krayot and other areas west of the Sea of Galilee, the Israeli military said.

"An interceptor was launched toward the missile, and the missile was most likely successfully intercepted," the Israeli military said.