Israel kills six Palestinians in strike on Gaza school hosting wedding Submitted by MEE staff on Sat, 12/20/2025 - 11:25 Israeli forces prevented civil defence team from reaching the victims for over two hours A Palestinian man carries the body of his baby brother, Ahmed al-Nader, who was killed the previous day along with other family members in an Israeli shelling on a shelter in the Tuffah neighbourhood of Gaza City, 20 December 2025 (Omar al-Qattaa/AFP) Off The Israeli army on Friday shelled a school being used as a shelter, where displaced Palestinian families had gathered for a wedding, killing at least six people, including a five-month-old baby. The Palestinian civil emergency service said several people were also wounded when an Israeli tank shells hit the second floor of the Gaza Martyrs School in the Tuffah neighbourhood, east of Gaza City. Witnesses reported that an Israeli tank had advanced into the area and approached the school before firing. They also said Israeli forces blocked ambulance and civil defence teams from reaching the site for more than two hours, delaying the evacuation of victims. Civil emergency services added that they were only able to recover the bodies after the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs intervened with Israeli authorities. The strike was the latest in hundreds of Israeli ceasefire violations since the deal took effect on 10 October. Gaza's health ministry said on Thursday that at least 395 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire since then. Palestinian prisoners speak out about how they were raped in Israeli jails Read More » The incident occurred as Steve Witkoff, US President Donald Trump's special envoy for the Middle East, and other senior US officials were due to begin talks in Miami, Florida, on advancing the next phase of the Gaza agreement. The second phase is expected to bring even greater challenges, including the deployment of an international stabilisation force, the establishment of a technocratic government in Gaza, the disarmament of Hamas, and Israeli withdrawal from the territory. "Our people expect these talks to result in an agreement to put an end to ongoing Israeli lawlessness, halt all violations and compel the occupation to abide by the Sharm El-Sheikh agreement," Hamas political bureau member Bassem Naim told AFP. The war in Gaza has killed more than 70,660 Palestinians, roughly half of them women and children, according to the territory's health ministry. Israel's genocide in Gaza News Post Date Override 0 Update Date Mon, 05/04/2020 - 21:19 Update Date Override 0