Israeli strike on Gaza school-turned-shelter kills 16, say Palestinian officials

FILE - Palestinians walk through the destruction left by the Israeli air and ground offensive on the Gaza Strip near Shifa Hospital in Gaza City,Picture: AP Photo/Mohammed Hajjar, File

An Israeli strike on a school where displaced people were sheltering in the central Gaza Strip killed at least 17 people on Thursday, Palestinian medical officials said.

They said the victims were nearly all women and children.