An injured child sits next to a woman at Al-Ahli Arab hospital, also known as the Baptist hospital in Gaza City following Israeli bombardment on the Hassan Salameh and Al-Nassr schools housing displaced Palestinians on August 4, 2024.
A wounded child sits next to a woman at Al-Ahli Arab hospital in Gaza City following Israeli bombardment of the Hassan Salameh and Al-Nasr schools housing displaced Palestinians on August 4, 2024 [Omar Al-Qattaa/ AFP]

  • Israeli forces bombed two more schools in Gaza City, killing at least 30 displaced Palestinians. Some 80 percent of the victims at Hassan Salama and al-Nasr schools were children, rescuers said.
  • Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian again pledged to retaliate over the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, telling visiting Jordanian foreign minister that Israel made a “big mistake” in killing the Hamas leader.