UN envoy slams Israeli strike on Gaza school

China's envoy to the United Nations on Tuesday "strongly condemned" Israel's attack on a school sheltering displaced people in Gaza City.

Three Israeli rockets struck the Al-Taba'een School on Saturday, where many displaced Palestinians were seeking shelter and participating in dawn prayers. More than 100 Palestinians were killed, and dozens were injured in the assault, the Hamas-run Gaza government media office said.

Israel said it targeted the school because Hamas fighters were sheltering there. "China strongly condemns the assault," Fu Cong, China's permanent representative to the UN, told a Security Council meeting on Tuesday.