Israel鈥檚 army dropped thousands of leaflets over war-torn Gaza City on Wednesday urging all residents to flee a heavy offensive through the main city of the besieged Palestinian territory.
The leaflets, addressed to 鈥榚veryone in Gaza City鈥�, set out designated escape routes and warned that the urban area, which had a pre-war population of over half a million, would 鈥榬emain a dangerous combat zone鈥�.
Across Gaza, deadly strikes have hit four schools in four days, sparking rebukes from France and Germany which both labelled the attacks 鈥榰nacceptable鈥�.
鈥榃e call for these strikes to be fully investigated,鈥� said the French foreign ministry, highlighting a deadly strike on Tuesday on a school near the southern city of Khan Yunis.
鈥業t is unacceptable that schools, especially those housing civilians displaced by the fighting, should be targeted.鈥�
A deadly strike hit a school turned shelter in southern Gaza on Tuesday as Israeli forces in the war-ravaged territory鈥檚 main city pushed on with a major offensive that has again displaced Palestinians.
A hospital source in Khan Yunis in southern Gaza said at least 29 people were killed when the school was hit in nearby Abasan.
Three previous Israeli strikes since Saturday on schools across Gaza used by displaced Palestinians have killed a total of at least 20 people, according to officials and rescuers.
