Around 2 am, an Israeli airstrike targeted the Ibn Rushd Girls' Secondary School in Al-Thaabin area of Zawayda, central Gaza. The school was sheltering displaced people and **housed a field hospital **supporting Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital.

Specifically, a bomb was dropped on the southern building of the school, penetrating from the second floor to a classroom at ground floor level.

Most, if not all, the people sheltering inside the school were injured victims transfered here from Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital to recover, according to a witness.

That same night, the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Mosque, located inside near the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital compound, was attacked.

Journalist Abdallah Alattar and vlogger Saleh Al-Jafarawi were documenting the attack when a second explosion happened meters away from them. Alattar was stunned for a while by the loudness of the explosion. Saleh said he wasn't sure if the xplosion was from a another bomb or from a gas cylinder exploding due to the fire that broke out inside the school.

Casualties:

• 4 people killed and 10 injuries
• One of the victims, Muad Abu Ghoula, had previously lost his wife and son. His murder marks the erasure of his family from the civil registry. Source

Names of the martyrs:

• Ahmad Sada (8 y/o)
• Murad Abu Ghoula (32 y/o)
• Muhammad Ahmad Abdurrahman
• Muhannad Afana

PHOTOS

• Civil Defense crews at work
• Impact of the bomb
• Killed child and courtyard debris