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50 Gaza schools damaged in Israeli strikes, Save The Children says

Amid the heavy fighting, schools remain closed in Gaza and southern Israel “putting education out of reach for hundreds of thousands of children."
Gaza school

Fifty schools in the Gaza Strip have been damaged by Israel’s aerial bombardment of the Palestinian enclave, Save The Children said Wednesday. 

Nearly 42,000 Palestinian children are impacted by damage to their schools, the international aid organization said in a statement. For more than a week, Israeli warplanes have pounded Gaza, targeting Hamas commanders and tunnels dug by the militants. 

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