Gaza health ministry says 27 killed in Israel strike near UN school

GAZA STRIP, Palestinian Territories: The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said Thursday at least 27 people were killed in an Israeli strike near a UN school in the Jabalia refugee camp. “The bodies of 27 martyrs were recovered and a large number of wounded,” said ministry spokesman Ashraf Al-Qudra in a toll AFP was unable to independently verify. AFP footage showed several casualties as crowds of people rushed to help them. “Children under 10 were simply buying from the canteen and were cut into pieces,” cried a woman in the school yard.