Dozens of Palestinians were killed as Israel stepped up its military operations across Gaza.

Gaza’s Health Ministry reported on Wednesday that at least 51 people had been killed in the enclave over the previous 24 hours, as the Israeli military ramped up attacks, Al Jazeera reported. 

Israeli fighter jets attacked Gaza City overnight, striking the Muscat School in the Tuffah neighborhood and the Al-Amal Orphanage in the west of the capital. 

The Israeli military, meanwhile, announced an attack on the “Brig High School” in central Gaza. 

In separate statements, the army said the two schools and the orphanage were being used as Hamas “command and control complexes” to plan and carry out operations. But it failed to provide any evidence to back up the claim. 

Nearly a year of relentless Israeli attacks on Gaza have killed more than 41,600 people and wounded almost 100,000, with thousands still missing under the rubble of destroyed buildings.