DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli strike on a school sheltering displaced people in the Gaza Strip killed at least 27 people on Thursday, Palestinian medical officials said. The Israeli military said it targeted combatants, but people sheltering there said the strike hit a meeting of aid workers.

An Israeli strike on a school sheltering the displaced in the Gaza Strip killed at least 27 people, including a child and seven women, Palestinian officials said Thursday, as Israel continues to strike at what it says are militant targets across Gaza.

The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza has reported that 26 people were killed in Israeli airstrikes that hit a mosque and a school sheltering displaced

At least 15 people have been killed following an Israeli airstrike that hit a school in the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza, where thousands of displaced Palestinians had sought shelter. According to the Gaza Health Ministry, many of the victims were women and children.

GAZA/CAIRO: At least 26 people were killed and 93 others wounded when Israeli airstrikes hit a mosque and a school sheltering displaced people in the Gaza Strip early on Sunday, the Gaza government media office said. Palestinian health officials said at least another 20 people had been killed since Saturday night in northern Gaza.

The Israeli military confirmed it struck the school in the Jabalia refugee camp, saying it was targeting Hamas militants inside who were planning attacks on Israeli troops. The claim couldn't be independently confirmed.

An Israeli airstrike hit a school sheltering thousands of displaced Palestinians in northern Gaza on Thursday, killing at least 11 people and wounding 22, including women and children, the territory's Health Ministry said.

An Israeli airstrike on a school sheltering displaced families in Jabalia in northern Gaza killed at least 14 people on Thursday.