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Israeli strikes hit Islamic University in Gaza, killing and wounding people

Health authorities in the enclave say the death toll across Gaza since the previous day has risen to 11 people.

Israeli strikes hit Islamic University in Gaza, killing and wounding people
Photograph: BBC Arabic

What to know

  • Two Israeli strikes targeted the Islamic University in Gaza, according to the report.
  • The territory's health authorities put the death toll since the previous day at 11.
  • The strikes also wounded an unspecified number of people, the same authorities said.

Two Israeli strikes hit the Islamic University in Gaza, killing and wounding people, according to the territory's health authorities. The same authorities said the death toll across the enclave since the previous day had risen to 11. The report did not specify how many were killed or hurt in the strikes on the university itself, nor what the site was being used for at the time.

The accounts come from health officials in Gaza and could not be independently verified. Israel has not commented on the specific strikes in the report. The university is a long-established institution in the territory, and the damage to it was not described. It was not immediately clear whether further casualties were expected or how the toll would be confirmed.

Reporting credit

Written by the NationsDesk desk. The underlying reporting is by BBC Arabic.

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