The leader of Hamas, Yahya Sinwar, has been killed in Gaza, Israel says
Sinwar, who topped Israel’s most-wanted list, was a key figure believed to have been behind the 7 October attacks
Israel’s president says Sinwar’s “evil endeavours were dedicated to terror, bloodshed, and destabilising the Middle East”
Separately, local authorities say an Israeli air strike on a school-turned-shelter killed 22 people in Jabalia in northern Gaza
Israel says the site was being used as a meeting point for Hamas and Islamic Jihad operatives – something Hamas denies
BBC Verify has been analysing videos following a strike at Abu Hussein School in Jabalia, northern Gaza, which displaced people were using as shelter. At least 22 people were reportedly killed in the attack.
A video filmed at the nearby Kamal Adwan Hospital, posted on Instagram by a Palestinian photojournalist at around 14:01 local time (12:01 BST) shows at least four bodies on the floor, with medical staff pushing past dozens of other people to reach them.
We matched the room to a photograph from a Syrian state news report from the hospital on 11 October, in which we see the same pictures on the wall.
Another video, posted on Instagram at around 14:32 in Gaza and filmed by a man wearing a paramedic uniform, shows injured people – some motionless – being loaded onto ambulances. We’ve pinpointed it to an open space about 80m southwest of the school.
The video shows his colleague performing chest compressions on a child on the pavement. It ends inside the same hospital room as before. We can see five bodies still receiving treatment on the floor
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