Dozens killed in Israeli air strike on Gaza City school

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Palestinian health authorities say an Israeli airstrike hit a school-turned-shelter in central Gaza City, killing at least 80 people.

The Israeli military acknowledged the strike on the Tabeen school, claiming it hit a Hamas command center within the school. Hamas denied using the school as a command center.

According to the United Nations, 477 out of 564 schools in Gaza had been directly hit or damaged in the war as of July 6. Since the war began Oct. 7, more than 1.9 million of Gaza’s pre-war population of 2.3 million have been driven from their homes.