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‘Just civilians’: Families of Gaza school strike victims refute Hamas links

Among those Israel killed and claims were fighters are an Arabic professor, a hospital employee and a retired principal.

Deir el-Balah, Gaza – In the early hours of Saturday morning, 24-year-old Sajida al-Kafarna was sleeping with her family inside a school classroom when they were woken by a huge explosion.

“We reassured each other that we were OK, but when I noticed my father’s empty place, panic set in because he had gone to pray dawn prayer,” recounted Sajida.

Sajida’s family was among the roughly 2,400 displaced Palestinians sheltering at al-Tabin School. Her father, Abdul Aziz al-Kafarna, 58, was inside the school’s small mosque when Israel bombed the building.

Sajida paused, holding back sobs.

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