At least 7 killed in Israeli strike on another Gaza school compound

 Reports from Gaza say that seven people were killed Sunday morning in an Israeli airstrike on another school compound, after 22 were killed in a similar strike on a school where thousands were sheltering in central Gaza on Saturday.

The Israeli military says the compound was being used as a Hamas base.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said that following intelligence leads, the air force “conducted a precise strike on Hamas terrorists in the northern Gaza Strip. The terrorists were operating from within a compound that previously served as the ‘Kafr Qasem’ School.” 

Prior to the strike, the IDF said, “numerous steps were taken to mitigate the risk of harm to uninvolved civilians.”  

A CNN stringer in Gaza reports that in addition to the seven killed in the strike, others were badly injured. The Kafr Qasem school houses hundreds of displaced people in a camp west of Gaza City. Casualties were transferred to Al Ahli Hospital in the city.

Among those killed was a senior manager in the Ministry of Public Works and Housing in Gaza, Majed Saleh.

The Israeli military has struck a number of school compounds sheltering the displaced in recent weeks. On Saturday, 22 people – most of them women and children – were reported killed in an Israeli strike on a school compound in Zeitoun, in central Gaza.

The Israeli military said the compound was being used as a Hamas command center, and precautions had been taken to avoid civilian casualties. CNN is unable to verify whether Hamas operatives were present at the compound or whether Hamas fighters were among the casualties.