Israel Hits Second U.N. School, Blasts Way Into Southern Gaza

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Israel Hits Second U.N. School, Blasts Way Into Southern Gaza

Israel Hits Second U.N. School, Blasts Way Into Southern Gaza

Palestinian medical officials say an Israeli airstrike has hit a U.N. school in the northern Gaza Strip, the second deadly Israeli airstrike to hit a U.N. school on Tuesday.

The Israeli Defense officials issued a statement saying the school grounds were used by terrorists to fire mortar shells at the troops, the Jerusalem Post reported. An Israeli official said that the building stored Palestinian munitions.

Israel has accused Hamas of using schools, mosques and residential areas for cover and staging grounds for terrorist attacks.

Earlier Tuesday there was an attack that killed three at a school in the Gaza city itself.

U.N. and Palestinian medics said 40 Palestinians were killed in the attack, including children, women and elderly people.

Palestinian health official Said Joudeh told the Associated Press the school was turned into a shelter for people displaced by Israel's offensive against Hamas militants.