Airstrikes on Gaza refugee camps: 25 Palestinians dead at Al-Nasr and Hassan Salama schools; dead are mostly children, says civil defence

TEL AVIV: 25 people were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a refugee camp in Gaza. Many people were injured. The attack took place at Al-Nasr and Hassan Salama schools. Gaza's civil defence said most of the dead were children. Schools were completely destroyed. There was a succession of attacks while people were being evacuated after the first attack. However, Israel said that it was attacking the place that served as the command centre of Hamas. Three people were killed and 18 others were injured in the attack on Al Aqsa Martyrs Hospital yesterday. With this, the number of health centres bombed by Israel has reached 1000. Six people were killed in an attack on a house in Rafah. Nine people, including a Hamas commander, were killed in two attacks in the West Bank.

Will not withdraw from the border: Netanyahu

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that the army will not withdraw from the Gaza-Egypt border.

"Hamas is not taking any initiative to prevent the entry of weapons and terrorists into the northern Gaza Strip. Hamas does not accept the agreement to release the abductees. We will continue to put military pressure on Hamas until everyone is sent back," Netanyahu said in a video shared on X.