At least 13 children and six women killed in Israeli strike on Gaza school

The number of Palestinians killed by an Israeli air strike on a school sheltering displaced people in southern Gaza City has risen to 22, according to the Palestinian health ministry. 

Thirteen children, including a-three-month-old baby, and six women were amongst those killed, the government media office in Gaza said. 

Israel said the school was serving as a Hamas command centre, without providing any evidence. Israel has frequently made similar claims, without evidence, when targeting civilian facilities like schools and hospitals.

Elsewhere, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, the health ministry said four health workers were killed by an Israeli strike that hit ministry warehouses. Ambulance crews were not able to reach the dead or treat the wounded.