At least 10 dead in attack on Gaza school housing Palestinians, hospital source says

Israel said all three attacks targeted militants hiding in the schools.

On Saturday, an Israeli attack hit the UN-run Al-Jawni school in Nuseirat, central Gaza, killing 16 people, according to the territory’s health ministry.

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Chinese-Israeli woman among four hostages rescued from Gaza

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The Latin Patriarchate, which owns the school, said the site was crowded with hundreds of people.

Another UNRWA-run school in Nuseirat was hit on Monday. A local hospital said several people had been taken for treatment.

Hamas denies Israeli accusations that it uses schools, hospitals and other civilian facilities for military purposes.

The Hezbollah official spoke hours after an Israeli drone struck a car in Syria near the border with Lebanon, a war monitor and pro-government Syrian radio station Sham FM reported. The Hezbollah official spoke on condition of anonymity in accordance with regulations.

The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a pro-opposition war watchdog, said two Hezbollah members in the car were killed in the attack, while a Syrian driver was seriously injured. There was no immediate comment from Syrian authorities or the Israeli military.

Hezbollah later identified the militant as Yasser Nemr Qranbish, but did not disclose the circumstances of his death, as is customary for Hezbollah fighters without leadership positions.

Hezbollah supporters mourned his death on social media, calling him the “Shield of Sayyed,” in reference to his tenure as bodyguard of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.

Later Tuesday, Hezbollah announced that it had fired dozens of Katyusha rockets at an Israeli military base in the Golan Heights in retaliation for the killing.

Qranbish has been active primarily in Syria in recent years and has been involved in supplying weapons to Hezbollah, said a representative of an Iran-backed group who also spoke on condition of anonymity and disclosed the information.

After the war broke out in October, Hezbollah launched attacks against Israel.

Tens of thousands of people on both sides of the tense border between Lebanon and Israel have been displaced from their homes during the months-long war.

Israel has for years launched regular attacks on targets in Syria linked to Iran, its powerful regional backer, but rarely acknowledges them. The attacks have increased in the past five months against the backdrop of the war in Gaza and ongoing clashes between Hezbollah and Israeli forces on the Lebanese-Israeli border.

Hezbollah’s attacks have gradually increased and the group has introduced new weapons. Hezbollah claims it will stop its attacks once there is a ceasefire in Gaza. Israel has also advanced deeper into Lebanon.

Late Tuesday, Hezbollah released drone footage of the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights showing Israeli military bases and strategic areas.

Shortly thereafter, Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz stated in a post on X (formerly Twitter) that Nasrallah would be “considered the destroyer of Lebanon” by Hezbollah if the Iran-backed group did not stop its threats and attacks and withdraw from southern Lebanon.

Additional reporting by Associated Press