Israeli strikes hit Gaza school and Hamas commander
Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip on Saturday destroyed a school, killed a Hamas rocket commander and hit the port as the air offensive entered its second week, Palestinian medics and witnesses said.
A guard was killed when a missile struck and demolished a school in the northern town of Beit Lahiya, they said.
The Israeli military said it had targeted "a college used as a base for firing a large number of rockets."
The establishment was called the American School but had no links to the United States and all of the staff and students were Palestinian.
An overnight strike killed Mohammad al-Jammal, 40, who sources in Gaza said was a local commander of Hamas”s armed wing.
The Israeli military said Jammal was responsible "for the entire rocket launching enterprise in all of Gaza City."
In Gaza City, Israeli strikes also hit the port without causing casualties, witnesses said.
East of the southern city of Khan Yunis, a missile narrowly missed a car carrying militants who escaped unharmed, witnesses said.