CAIRO, Aug 10 - An Israeli airstrike on a Gaza City school compound housing displaced Palestinian families killed around 100 people, the Gaza Civil Emergency Service said on Saturday, while Israel said the toll was inflated and 19 militants were among the dead.
Video from the site showed body parts scattered among rubble and more bodies being carried away and covered by blankets. Empty food tins lay in a puddle of blood, and burned mattresses and a child's doll lay in the debris.
In another video, men prayed over a dozen body bags laid on the ground of the Tabeen school complex.
The Israeli strike drew condemnation from Arab states, Turkey, France, Britain and the European Union and an expression of deep concern from the U.S., which has been working with partners to prevent the 10-month-old Gaza conflict from escalating into a regional war.
"Yet again far too many civilians have been killed," U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, said during a campaign stop in Phoenix when asked for her reaction to the Gaza City strike.
Reiterating U.S. calls, Harris, the Democratic presidential candidate running for election in November, told reporters: "We need a hostage deal and a ceasefire."
Gaza's Civil Emergency Service, which has a credible record in stating casualty numbers, and the Hamas-run government media office said in separate statements that the complex had been attacked while its occupants were performing dawn prayers.
"So far, there are more than 93 martyrs, including 11 children and six women. There are unidentified remains," Palestinian civil defence spokesperson Mahmoud Bassal told a televised press conference.
Tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians have sought shelter in Gaza's schools, most of which have been closed since Israel's war against Hamas began.
Around 350 families had been sheltering at the compound, Bassal said - some of the hundreds of thousands of Palestinians displaced by Israel's onslaught on Gaza.

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CHICAGO, Aug 19 - Tens of thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters were expected to gather at the Democratic National Convention on its opening day on Monday to assail the Biden administration's position on Israel as it wages its war in Gaza.
A one-mile march organized by umbrella group "March on the DNC" was scheduled to take place at a park outside the Chicago convention arena hours before President Joe Biden addresses the gathering where Democratic delegates will publicly nominate Vice President Kamala Harris as their presidential candidate
Organizers had sought a longer route so that all the protesters could walk, said Hatem Abudayyeh, a spokesman for March, comprised of more than 200 groups.
Many people are coming from Palestinian and Arab communities in Illinois and neighboring states, organizers said last week. The coalition also includes groups advocating for a range of causes, including reproductive rights and racial justice.
Roman Fritz, at 19 one of the youngest Wisconsin delegates, said he worried the Secret Service would confiscate his scarf, imprinted with the traditional Palestinian keffiyeh pattern, when he arrived at the official gathering. Fritz said he planned to participate in the march but had no plans to disrupt the official events later
Dozens of Muslim delegates and their allies, angry at U.S. support for Israel's offensive in Gaza, are seeking changes in the Democratic platform and plan to press for an arms embargo, putting the party on guard for disruptions to high-profile speeches at the convention.
Fritz, who wore a T-shirt reading "Ceasefire delegate" said he supported Harris as the nominee to beat Trump, but would not vote for her, given the Biden administration's support of Israel
"In good conscience, I can't vote for her with the lack of a concrete policy on an arms embargo on Israel and a real ceasefire."
March on DNC spokesman Abudayyeh said he expected tens of thousands of marchers at the 1 p.m. CDT (1800 GMT) event. The group has its own security, and he does not anticipate violence from the protesters amid the heavy police and U.S. Secret Service presence around the security perimeter
Protesters want police not to infringe on their free speech rights, he said.
"That's their only responsibility. We don't need them to keep us safe. We don't need them to protect us, just not to infringe on our rights," Abudayyeh said Monday morning.
Another large protest was scheduled for Thursday, when Harris was to accept the nomination.
Pro-Palestinian supporters have for months protested the Biden administration's military and financial support for Israel during its war against Hamas, which has killed more than 40,000 Palestinians in Gaza, according to Gaza health officials. Israel launched the offensive after it was attacked on Oct. 7 by Hamas militants who killed 1,200 people, according to Israel tallies.

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