At least 22 people, mostly women and children, have been killed in an Israeli strike on a school compound Saturday, Palestinian officials said, with Israel saying it targeted Hamas fighters sheltering there.

Gaza's civil defence agency reported 21 killed in an Israeli strike on Saturday (Sep 21), the latest attack on a school sheltering displaced Palestinians where the Israeli military said it targeted militants.

An Israeli airstrike on a former school in northern Gaza resulted in at least 22 deaths, mostly women and children. The Israeli military stated the target was a Hamas command center. This incident is part of ongoing hostilities that have heavily impacted civilian infrastructure and displaced around 90% of Gaza's Palestinian population.

Video taken by The Associated Press showed dozens of people including children digging through the rubble of the building.

Cairo: At least 13 Palestinians were killed by an Israeli strike that hit a school sheltering displaced people in southern Gaza City, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reported on Saturday. A number of other people were wounded in a separate strike that hit a school in the same neighbourhood, Wafa added.

Some 13 Palestinian civilians were allegedly killed in the strike, Palestinian news agency WAFA claimed, citing local reports.

JERUSALEM − At least 10 Palestinians were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza on Saturday, Palestinian media reported, and the Israeli military said it targeted a Hamas commander as the devastating war stretched into its 11th month.

The strike hit a residential housing unit in the Al Tuffah neighborhood east of Gaza City, according to local media

At least 22 people were killed in an Israeli attack on a former school building in Gaza City, Palestinian authorities said on Saturday. At least 30 people were injured, including women and children, the health authority in Gaza said.

Palestinians said an Israeli strike killed at least 22 people in a school sheltering displaced people in southern Gaza City on Saturday, while the Israeli military said the attack targeted a command centre of militant group Hamas.