There have been renewed clashes between Israeli military and militants in Gaza overnight as witnesses and medics say an Israeli air strike killed at least ten people and wounded about 30 others on Sunday in a UN-run school in the southern Gaza Strip
IDF: Soldier believed captured by Hamas was killed in action
10.44am BST
Reuters are reporting that Tony Blair has flown to Cairo for negotiations, along with a delegation from Hamas and Islamic Jihad. The agency reports:
A delegation of members from Palestinian militant groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad arrived in Cairo on Sunday for indirect ceasefire talks with Israel, to be conducted through Egyptian and U.S. officials, Egyptian sources said.
Truce talks would include Hamas demand that Egypt ease movement across its border with blockaded Gaza. Israel said on Saturday it would not send envoys as scheduled, accusing enemy Palestinian Islamists of misleading international mediators.
10.40am BST
Shelling incident in vicinity of UNRWA school in Rafah sheltering almost 3,000 IDP. Initial reports say multimple deaths and injury
Initial reports say there are multiple deaths and injuries at the UNRWA school in Rahah #Gaza caused by shelling RT
Initial reports: "there has been a shelling incident in the vicinity UNRWA school in Rafah #Gaza a shelter housing almost 3,000 displaced RT
10.38am BST
This from the Press Association on the air strike on a UN-run school this morning
A Gaza health official says 10 people have been killed by a strike near a United Nations school in the embattled coastal territory.
Ashraf al-Kidra says another 35 were wounded after the hit near a boys school in the southern town of Rafah that is sheltering people displaced by the 27-day conflict between Israel and Hamas.
10.16am BST
strikes continuing in and around Gaza City this morning. little change from last few days #Gaza
My colleague Jason Burke has just called in from Rafah, from the UN-run school which he says has been hit this morning.
Im in Rafah in the south of the Gaza strip at the Rafah Preparatory A Boys school, a UN-run shelter. People here have told me that at around 10.30 this morning there was an explosion just outside the school gates.
A group of children and some adults were buying sweets and biscuits from hawkers. Seven people were injured and are possibly dead, or seriously injured. We will get more information from the hospital shortly.
9.58am BST
As fighting enters the 27th day in Gaza, medics are and witnesses are saying that another UN-run school has been hit by Israel in the southern Gaza strip. At least seven people are thought to have been killed, and at least 30 injured.
Reuters are reporting:
An Israeli air strike killed at least seven people and wounded about 30 others on Sunday in a UN-run school in the southern Gaza Strip, witnesses and medics said.
The Israeli military declined to comment.
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