13 dead after Israeli tank shell hits UN school, Gaza health official says

A Palestinian man (L), whom medics said was wounded by Israeli shelling, is treated at a hospital at Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip July 29, 2014. Israel knocked out Gaza's only power plant, flattened the home of its Islamist Hamas political leader and pounded dozens of other high-profile targets in the enclave on Tuesday, with no end in sight to more than three weeks of conflict. More than 1,100 Gazans, most of them civilians, have been killed in the conflict. On the Israeli side, 53 soldiers have been killed as well as three civilians. Israel launched its offensive on July 8 with the aim of halting rocket attacks by Hamas and its allies. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly (GAZA - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT) TEMPLATE OUT - RTR40JWP' height='259' alt='Israel Palestine Gaza conflict' width='460' src='http://news.guugll.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/13-dead-after-israeli-tank-shell-hits-un-school-gaza-health-official-says.jpg' />

A Palestinian health official says 13 people were killed after tank shells hit a UN school in Gaza where hundreds of Palestinians had taken refuge from Israeli attacks.