Children At Refugee Camp School Burned To Death Due To Zionist Attack, Israel Claims Target Dozens Of Militants

JAKARTA - 28 Palestinians including children were reported killed in Israeli attacks on refugee camps in the northern Gaza Strip. Israel argued the attack targeted dozens of militants at the site.

Local health ministry official Medhat Abbas said the impact of the Israeli attack was very bad. There was a fire and it was difficult to extinguish.

There is no water to extinguish the fire. Nothing. This is a massacre," he said.

"Civil residents and children were killed, burned," Abbas continued.

The Israeli military said the attack targeted militants from Islam's Hamas and Jihad groups, operating from within the Abu Hussein School in Jabalia, which has served as a place of refuge for refugees.

Israel accused dozens of militants of being inside the compound when the attack occurred.

Israel says it is taking precautions to reduce losses to civilians and accuses Hamas of using them as life shields.

Meanwhile, Hamas said allegations of fighters at the school "is nothing but a lie".

"(This) is a systematic policy of the enemy to justify his crime," said Hamas.

Gaza's state media office managed by Hamas said the death toll in the school was 28 people. In addition, 160 people were injured in the attack.