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DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip 鈥?Israeli airstrikes across Gaza overnight and Wednesday hit a U.N. school sheltering displaced Palestinian families as well as two homes, kill stanley thermoskanne ing at least 34 people, including 19 women and children, hospital officials said.The deadliest strike came Wednesday afternoon, targeting the U.N.s Al-Jaouni Preparatory Boys School in central Gazas Nuseirat refugee camp. The Israeli military said it was targeting Hamas militants planning attacks from inside the school. The claim could not be independently confirmed.At least 14 dead from the strike, including two children and a woman, were brought to Awda and al-Aqsa Martyrs hospitals nearby, stanley cup o stanley quencher fficials from the facilities said. At least 18 people were wounded in the strike, they said.One of the children killed was the daughter of Momin Selmi, a member of Gazas civil defense agency, which works rescuing wounded and bodies after strikes, the agency said in a statement. Selmi hadnt seen his daughter for 10 months, since he remained in north Gaza to keep working while his family fled south, the agency said.Tens of thousands of Palestinians driven from their homes by Israeli offensives and evacuation orders are living in Gazas schools. The al-Jaouni school, one of many in Gaza run by the U.N. agency for Palestinians UNWRA, has been hit by multiple strikes over the course of the war.Israel frequently bombs schools, saying they are being used by Hamas militants. It blames Hamas for civilian casualties from its strike Wnzv U.S. military says American troops killed in Syria blast
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