GAZA - At least 24 Palestinians were killed and 93 others wounded during Israel's bombing of a mosque and a school in the central Gaza Strip on Sunday, media reports said.

The Israeli army bombed the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Mosque adjacent to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital and the Ibn Rushd School, as the mosque and the school house hundreds of displaced persons, the Hamas-run Gaza government media office said in a statement.

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The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement on Sunday that the Israeli Air Force conducted a "precise strike" on Hamas militants who were operating inside a command-and-control center embedded within a compound that previously served as the 'Ibn Rushd' School in the area of Deir al Balah.

Also, the Air Force conducted a "precise strike" on Hamas militants who were operating within a command-and-control center embedded in a structure that previously served as the 'Shuhada al-Aqsa' Mosque in the area of Deir al Balah, it added.

Israel has been launching a large-scale offensive against Hamas in the Gaza Strip to retaliate against a Hamas rampage through the southern Israeli border on Oct 7, 2023, during which about 1,200 people were killed and about 250 taken hostage.

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The Palestinian death toll from ongoing Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip has risen to 41,825, Gaza-based health authorities said in a statement on Saturday.