Dozens killed in Israeli attack on UN-run school

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Jessica Saltz

At least 37 people have been killed and dozens more injured in an Israeli airstrike on a United Nations school sheltering displaced Palestinians in Gaza. Israel's military has defended the strike, saying it targeted "terrorists" who were hiding out in the school.

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