Two strikes by Israeli forces killed at least 10 Palestinians, including four children, in the central Gaza Strip on Monday, medics said, as heavy rains flooded displaced residents' tent encampments.

At least six Palestinians were killed and several others injured Sunday in an Israeli airstrike targeting a school housing displaced families in western Gaza City, Palestine News and Info Agency reported.

Heavy rains overnight piled more problems onto Gaza's displaced as downpours flooded tents, washed some of them away, and forced families out of their sleep. Some placed water buckets on the ground to protect mats from leaks and dug trenches to drain water away from their tents.

Palestinians said an Israeli strike killed at least 22 people in a school sheltering displaced people in southern Gaza City on Saturday, while the Israeli military said the attack targeted a Hamas command centre.

GAZA/CAIRO, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Palestinians said an Israeli strike killed at least 22 people in a school sheltering displaced people in southern Gaza City on Saturday, while the Israeli military said the attack targeted a command centre of militant group Hamas.

A Palestinian inspects the damage to a school sheltering displaced people after it was hit by an Israeli strike, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, at Beach refugee camp in Gaza City, September 22, 2024.

The latest in a series of strikes on schools being used as shelters killed three in Nuseirat, according to the Palestinian Civil Defense. Israel has said the buildings were being used by Hamas militants as a command center.

Palestinian health authorities said the attack killed 22 people, mostly women and children, who had sought shelter at the Zeitoun School in Gaza City. Israel said it believed Hamas militants were using the building.