At least eight Palestinians were killed and dozens more injured in Israeli attacks on a residential building and a school in an embattled Gaza City neighbourhood, Palestinians medics said on Thursday. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) declined to comment, saying only it was checking the reports. Military operations are ongoing in several areas of the Gaza Strip, the IDF confirmed, including heavy fighting in Gaza City’s eastern Shejaiya neighbourhood. The IDF said “dozens of terrorists” were killed in close combat over the past day and that more underground tunnels used by Hamas militants were d…