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2024-10-11 02:14 Last Updated At:02:21

This is a collection of photos chosen by AP photo editors.

FILE - Mrs. Robert F. Kennedy, left, and Jean Kennedy, sister-in-law and sister, respectively of Patricia Kennedy, enter the Roman Catholic Church of St. Thomas More in New York, April 24, 1954, to attend Patricias wedding to actor Peter Lawford. Ethel Kennedy is at left. (AP Photo/Matty Zimmerman, File)

FILE - Mrs. Robert F. Kennedy, left, and Jean Kennedy, sister-in-law and sister, respectively of Patricia Kennedy, enter the Roman Catholic Church of St. Thomas More in New York, April 24, 1954, to attend Patricias wedding to actor Peter Lawford. Ethel Kennedy is at left. (AP Photo/Matty Zimmerman, File)

FILE - Mrs. Ethel Kennedy gives a kiss to her brother-in-law, President-elect John Kennedy, at his Georgetown home, Nov. 27, 1960, in Washington. (AP Photo/Henry Griffin, File)

FILE - Mrs. Ethel Kennedy gives a kiss to her brother-in-law, President-elect John Kennedy, at his Georgetown home, Nov. 27, 1960, in Washington. (AP Photo/Henry Griffin, File)

FILE - Children of three cabinet offices fill the foreground as President John Kennedy and Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy pose with guests at a White House reception in the East Room, Jan 21, 1961. The children are those of Attorney General Robert Kennedy, Postmaster General Edward Day, and Interior Secretary Stewart Udall. Seated on floor, from left: Joe Kennedy, 8, Jimmy Day, 12, Bobby Kennedy, 6, Scott Udall, II, Tommy Udall, 12, Michael Kennedy, 2, and David Kennedy, 5. Four girls at center, from left; Kathleen Kennedy, 9, Courtney Kennedy, 4, Lynn Udall, 10, and Lori Udall, 8. Back row: Robert Kennedy, his wife Ethel, Edward Day, Molly Day, 14, and Mrs. Day. Hidden: Geraldine Day, 17; Mrs. Irma Udall, the First Lady, the president, Vice President Johnson, Mrs. Lady Bird Johnson, Frederick Dutton of White House staff and Adlai Stevenson, ambassador to the United Nations. (AP Photo/William Allen, File)

FILE - Children of three cabinet offices fill the foreground as President John Kennedy and Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy pose with guests at a White House reception in the East Room, Jan 21, 1961. The children are those of Attorney General Robert Kennedy, Postmaster General Edward Day, and Interior Secretary Stewart Udall. Seated on floor, from left: Joe Kennedy, 8, Jimmy Day, 12, Bobby Kennedy, 6, Scott Udall, II, Tommy Udall, 12, Michael Kennedy, 2, and David Kennedy, 5. Four girls at center, from left; Kathleen Kennedy, 9, Courtney Kennedy, 4, Lynn Udall, 10, and Lori Udall, 8. Back row: Robert Kennedy, his wife Ethel, Edward Day, Molly Day, 14, and Mrs. Day. Hidden: Geraldine Day, 17; Mrs. Irma Udall, the First Lady, the president, Vice President Johnson, Mrs. Lady Bird Johnson, Frederick Dutton of White House staff and Adlai Stevenson, ambassador to the United Nations. (AP Photo/William Allen, File)

FILE - U.S. Senator-elect Robert F. Kennedy is shown with his wife Ethel boarding plane, Nov. 4, 1964, in New York City at LaGuardia Airport for flight to Glens Falls, N.Y. (AP Photo/File)

FILE - U.S. Senator-elect Robert F. Kennedy is shown with his wife Ethel boarding plane, Nov. 4, 1964, in New York City at LaGuardia Airport for flight to Glens Falls, N.Y. (AP Photo/File)

FILE - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, right, wife Ethel Kennedy, and children, from left, Bobby, Joseph, and Kathleen, second right, pose at Kennedy International Airport in New York, July 1, 1964, shortly after they returned from a one-week trip to West Germany and Poland. (AP Photo/Matty Zimmerman, File)

FILE - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, right, wife Ethel Kennedy, and children, from left, Bobby, Joseph, and Kathleen, second right, pose at Kennedy International Airport in New York, July 1, 1964, shortly after they returned from a one-week trip to West Germany and Poland. (AP Photo/Matty Zimmerman, File)

FILE - Sen. Robert Kennedy poses with his wife Ethel outside the Senate Chamber on Oct. 13, 1965, in Washington. (AP Photo, File)

FILE - Sen. Robert Kennedy poses with his wife Ethel outside the Senate Chamber on Oct. 13, 1965, in Washington. (AP Photo, File)

FILE - Ethel Kennedy holds her new son, Douglas Harriman Kennedy, with two-year-old Christopher Kennedy, right, as they leave Georgetown University in Washington, April 13, 1967, for home. (AP Photo/Henry Burroughs, File)

FILE - Ethel Kennedy holds her new son, Douglas Harriman Kennedy, with two-year-old Christopher Kennedy, right, as they leave Georgetown University in Washington, April 13, 1967, for home. (AP Photo/Henry Burroughs, File)

FILE - Mrs. Ethel Kennedy is escorted by her brother-in-law, Senator Edward Kennedy, to their pew in St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York for the funeral services of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, June 8, 1968. (AP Photo/File)

FILE - Mrs. Ethel Kennedy is escorted by her brother-in-law, Senator Edward Kennedy, to their pew in St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York for the funeral services of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, June 8, 1968. (AP Photo/File)

FILE - Sen. Edward Kennedy, back, stands behind the widow of former Senator Robert F. Kennedy, Mrs. Ethel Kennedy, second left, with her five children, and his wife Joan, right, as they pause at the grave of assassinated President John F. Kennedy in Arlington National Cemetery, Nov. 20, 1970, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Bob Daugherty, File)

FILE - Sen. Edward Kennedy, back, stands behind the widow of former Senator Robert F. Kennedy, Mrs. Ethel Kennedy, second left, with her five children, and his wife Joan, right, as they pause at the grave of assassinated President John F. Kennedy in Arlington National Cemetery, Nov. 20, 1970, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Bob Daugherty, File)

FILE - Ethel Kennedy, wife of the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, is shown July 27, 1970. (AP Photo/File)

FILE - Ethel Kennedy, wife of the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, is shown July 27, 1970. (AP Photo/File)

FILE - Ethel Kennedy, widow of Sen. Robert Kennedy, ice skates with youngsters from Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn borough, at the eighth annual Kennedy skating party originated by the late senator at Rockefeller Center's skating rink on Dec. 16, 1972, in New York. (AP Photo, File)

FILE - Ethel Kennedy, widow of Sen. Robert Kennedy, ice skates with youngsters from Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn borough, at the eighth annual Kennedy skating party originated by the late senator at Rockefeller Center's skating rink on Dec. 16, 1972, in New York. (AP Photo, File)

FILE - Members of the Kennedy family kneel at the grave site of the late President John F. Kennedy at Arlington National Cemetery after they visited the grave of the late Robert F. Kennedy nearby, on the anniversary of his death 16 years ago, June 6, 1984. From left: Emily and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.; Chris Kennedy; Ethel Kennedy; Michael Kennedy and Kathleen Kennedy, the wife and children of Robert Kennedy. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) stands at back. (AP Photo/Barry Thumma, File)

FILE - Members of the Kennedy family kneel at the grave site of the late President John F. Kennedy at Arlington National Cemetery after they visited the grave of the late Robert F. Kennedy nearby, on the anniversary of his death 16 years ago, June 6, 1984. From left: Emily and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.; Chris Kennedy; Ethel Kennedy; Michael Kennedy and Kathleen Kennedy, the wife and children of Robert Kennedy. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) stands at back. (AP Photo/Barry Thumma, File)

FILE - Sen. Edward Kennedy, from left, first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, President Bill Clinton and Ethel Kennedy, right, listen to a remembrance delivered by Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy II during a memorial Mass in honor of Robert F. Kennedy on the 25th anniversary of his death at the Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., June 7, 1993. (AP Photo/Marcy Nighswander, File)

FILE - Sen. Edward Kennedy, from left, first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, President Bill Clinton and Ethel Kennedy, right, listen to a remembrance delivered by Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy II during a memorial Mass in honor of Robert F. Kennedy on the 25th anniversary of his death at the Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., June 7, 1993. (AP Photo/Marcy Nighswander, File)

FILE - Ethel Kennedy, from the film "Ethel," poses for a portrait during the 2012 Sundance Film Festival on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012, in Park City, Utah. (AP Photo/Victoria Will, File)

FILE - Ethel Kennedy, from the film "Ethel," poses for a portrait during the 2012 Sundance Film Festival on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012, in Park City, Utah. (AP Photo/Victoria Will, File)

FILE - U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., center, talks with those gathered, including Ethel Kennedy, center, and Rev. Jesse Jackson, on the historic Edmund Pettus Bridge during the 19th annual reenactment of the "Bloody Sunday" Selma to Montgomery civil rights march across the bridge in Selma, Ala., Sunday, March 4, 2012, 47 years after the historic march that led to the Voting Rights Act. (AP Photo/Kevin Glackmeyer, File)

FILE - U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., center, talks with those gathered, including Ethel Kennedy, center, and Rev. Jesse Jackson, on the historic Edmund Pettus Bridge during the 19th annual reenactment of the "Bloody Sunday" Selma to Montgomery civil rights march across the bridge in Selma, Ala., Sunday, March 4, 2012, 47 years after the historic march that led to the Voting Rights Act. (AP Photo/Kevin Glackmeyer, File)

FILE - Ethel Kennedy, left, subject of the HBO documentary "Ethel," poses for a portrait with her daughter Rory Kennedy, the director of the film, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012 in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

FILE - Ethel Kennedy, left, subject of the HBO documentary "Ethel," poses for a portrait with her daughter Rory Kennedy, the director of the film, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012 in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

FILE - From left, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Ethel Kennedy, Kerry Kennedy, and Mariah Kennedy Cuomo attend the Ripple of Hope Awards, Dec. 11, 2013, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

FILE - From left, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Ethel Kennedy, Kerry Kennedy, and Mariah Kennedy Cuomo attend the Ripple of Hope Awards, Dec. 11, 2013, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

FILE - Egyptian human rights attorney and women's rights activist Ragia Omran, center, gets a kiss on the cheek from Robert F. Kennedy Center President Kerry Kennedy, right, accompanied by Ethel Kennedy, left, during the presentation of the RFK Human Rights Award, Nov. 21, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

FILE - Egyptian human rights attorney and women's rights activist Ragia Omran, center, gets a kiss on the cheek from Robert F. Kennedy Center President Kerry Kennedy, right, accompanied by Ethel Kennedy, left, during the presentation of the RFK Human Rights Award, Nov. 21, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

FILE - Ethel Kennedy, left, and her daughter Kerry Kennedy attend the Robert F. Kennedy Ripple of Hope Award ceremony, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014, in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow, File)

FILE - Ethel Kennedy, left, and her daughter Kerry Kennedy attend the Robert F. Kennedy Ripple of Hope Award ceremony, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014, in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow, File)

FILE - President Barack Obama awards Ethel Kennedy the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Monday, Nov. 24, 2014, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

FILE - President Barack Obama awards Ethel Kennedy the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Monday, Nov. 24, 2014, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

FILE - Ethel Kennedy holds hands with grandson Joseph P. Kennedy III, left, while Navy Secretary Ray Mabus chats with her daughter Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, as they pose near a rendering of the Robert F. Kennedy Navy Ship named at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016, in Boston. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

FILE - Ethel Kennedy holds hands with grandson Joseph P. Kennedy III, left, while Navy Secretary Ray Mabus chats with her daughter Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, as they pose near a rendering of the Robert F. Kennedy Navy Ship named at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016, in Boston. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

FILE - Navy Secretary Ray Mabus smiles with Ethel Kennedy, widow of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, at the naming of the Robert F. Kennedy Navy Ship at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016, in Boston. Ships in this class are being named in honor of civil and human rights heroes. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

FILE - Navy Secretary Ray Mabus smiles with Ethel Kennedy, widow of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, at the naming of the Robert F. Kennedy Navy Ship at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016, in Boston. Ships in this class are being named in honor of civil and human rights heroes. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

FILE - From left, Dolores Huerta, labor leader and civil rights activist, Ethel Kennedy, and civil rights leader Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., are applauded during the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 5, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

FILE - From left, Dolores Huerta, labor leader and civil rights activist, Ethel Kennedy, and civil rights leader Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., are applauded during the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 5, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

PHOTO COLLECTION: Obit Ethel Kennedy

PHOTO COLLECTION: Obit Ethel Kennedy

FILE - Ethel Kennedy, widow of Senator Robert F. Kennedy, watches a video about her late husband during the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights awards ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 5, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

FILE - Ethel Kennedy, widow of Senator Robert F. Kennedy, watches a video about her late husband during the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights awards ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 5, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

PHOTO COLLECTION: Obit Ethel Kennedy

PHOTO COLLECTION: Obit Ethel Kennedy

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FILE - Mrs. Robert F. Kennedy, left, and Jean Kennedy, sister-in-law and sister, respectively of Patricia Kennedy, enter the Roman Catholic Church of St. Thomas More in New York, April 24, 1954, to attend Patricias wedding to actor Peter Lawford. Ethel Kennedy is at left. (AP Photo/Matty Zimmerman, File)

FILE - Mrs. Robert F. Kennedy, left, and Jean Kennedy, sister-in-law and sister, respectively of Patricia Kennedy, enter the Roman Catholic Church of St. Thomas More in New York, April 24, 1954, to attend Patricias wedding to actor Peter Lawford. Ethel Kennedy is at left. (AP Photo/Matty Zimmerman, File)

FILE - Mrs. Ethel Kennedy gives a kiss to her brother-in-law, President-elect John Kennedy, at his Georgetown home, Nov. 27, 1960, in Washington. (AP Photo/Henry Griffin, File)

FILE - Mrs. Ethel Kennedy gives a kiss to her brother-in-law, President-elect John Kennedy, at his Georgetown home, Nov. 27, 1960, in Washington. (AP Photo/Henry Griffin, File)

FILE - Children of three cabinet offices fill the foreground as President John Kennedy and Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy pose with guests at a White House reception in the East Room, Jan 21, 1961. The children are those of Attorney General Robert Kennedy, Postmaster General Edward Day, and Interior Secretary Stewart Udall. Seated on floor, from left: Joe Kennedy, 8, Jimmy Day, 12, Bobby Kennedy, 6, Scott Udall, II, Tommy Udall, 12, Michael Kennedy, 2, and David Kennedy, 5. Four girls at center, from left; Kathleen Kennedy, 9, Courtney Kennedy, 4, Lynn Udall, 10, and Lori Udall, 8. Back row: Robert Kennedy, his wife Ethel, Edward Day, Molly Day, 14, and Mrs. Day. Hidden: Geraldine Day, 17; Mrs. Irma Udall, the First Lady, the president, Vice President Johnson, Mrs. Lady Bird Johnson, Frederick Dutton of White House staff and Adlai Stevenson, ambassador to the United Nations. (AP Photo/William Allen, File)

FILE - Children of three cabinet offices fill the foreground as President John Kennedy and Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy pose with guests at a White House reception in the East Room, Jan 21, 1961. The children are those of Attorney General Robert Kennedy, Postmaster General Edward Day, and Interior Secretary Stewart Udall. Seated on floor, from left: Joe Kennedy, 8, Jimmy Day, 12, Bobby Kennedy, 6, Scott Udall, II, Tommy Udall, 12, Michael Kennedy, 2, and David Kennedy, 5. Four girls at center, from left; Kathleen Kennedy, 9, Courtney Kennedy, 4, Lynn Udall, 10, and Lori Udall, 8. Back row: Robert Kennedy, his wife Ethel, Edward Day, Molly Day, 14, and Mrs. Day. Hidden: Geraldine Day, 17; Mrs. Irma Udall, the First Lady, the president, Vice President Johnson, Mrs. Lady Bird Johnson, Frederick Dutton of White House staff and Adlai Stevenson, ambassador to the United Nations. (AP Photo/William Allen, File)

FILE - U.S. Senator-elect Robert F. Kennedy is shown with his wife Ethel boarding plane, Nov. 4, 1964, in New York City at LaGuardia Airport for flight to Glens Falls, N.Y. (AP Photo/File)

FILE - U.S. Senator-elect Robert F. Kennedy is shown with his wife Ethel boarding plane, Nov. 4, 1964, in New York City at LaGuardia Airport for flight to Glens Falls, N.Y. (AP Photo/File)

FILE - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, right, wife Ethel Kennedy, and children, from left, Bobby, Joseph, and Kathleen, second right, pose at Kennedy International Airport in New York, July 1, 1964, shortly after they returned from a one-week trip to West Germany and Poland. (AP Photo/Matty Zimmerman, File)

FILE - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, right, wife Ethel Kennedy, and children, from left, Bobby, Joseph, and Kathleen, second right, pose at Kennedy International Airport in New York, July 1, 1964, shortly after they returned from a one-week trip to West Germany and Poland. (AP Photo/Matty Zimmerman, File)

FILE - Sen. Robert Kennedy poses with his wife Ethel outside the Senate Chamber on Oct. 13, 1965, in Washington. (AP Photo, File)

FILE - Sen. Robert Kennedy poses with his wife Ethel outside the Senate Chamber on Oct. 13, 1965, in Washington. (AP Photo, File)

FILE - Ethel Kennedy holds her new son, Douglas Harriman Kennedy, with two-year-old Christopher Kennedy, right, as they leave Georgetown University in Washington, April 13, 1967, for home. (AP Photo/Henry Burroughs, File)

FILE - Ethel Kennedy holds her new son, Douglas Harriman Kennedy, with two-year-old Christopher Kennedy, right, as they leave Georgetown University in Washington, April 13, 1967, for home. (AP Photo/Henry Burroughs, File)

FILE - Mrs. Ethel Kennedy is escorted by her brother-in-law, Senator Edward Kennedy, to their pew in St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York for the funeral services of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, June 8, 1968. (AP Photo/File)

FILE - Mrs. Ethel Kennedy is escorted by her brother-in-law, Senator Edward Kennedy, to their pew in St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York for the funeral services of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, June 8, 1968. (AP Photo/File)

FILE - Sen. Edward Kennedy, back, stands behind the widow of former Senator Robert F. Kennedy, Mrs. Ethel Kennedy, second left, with her five children, and his wife Joan, right, as they pause at the grave of assassinated President John F. Kennedy in Arlington National Cemetery, Nov. 20, 1970, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Bob Daugherty, File)

FILE - Sen. Edward Kennedy, back, stands behind the widow of former Senator Robert F. Kennedy, Mrs. Ethel Kennedy, second left, with her five children, and his wife Joan, right, as they pause at the grave of assassinated President John F. Kennedy in Arlington National Cemetery, Nov. 20, 1970, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Bob Daugherty, File)

FILE - Ethel Kennedy, wife of the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, is shown July 27, 1970. (AP Photo/File)

FILE - Ethel Kennedy, wife of the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, is shown July 27, 1970. (AP Photo/File)

FILE - Ethel Kennedy, widow of Sen. Robert Kennedy, ice skates with youngsters from Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn borough, at the eighth annual Kennedy skating party originated by the late senator at Rockefeller Center's skating rink on Dec. 16, 1972, in New York. (AP Photo, File)

FILE - Ethel Kennedy, widow of Sen. Robert Kennedy, ice skates with youngsters from Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn borough, at the eighth annual Kennedy skating party originated by the late senator at Rockefeller Center's skating rink on Dec. 16, 1972, in New York. (AP Photo, File)

FILE - Members of the Kennedy family kneel at the grave site of the late President John F. Kennedy at Arlington National Cemetery after they visited the grave of the late Robert F. Kennedy nearby, on the anniversary of his death 16 years ago, June 6, 1984. From left: Emily and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.; Chris Kennedy; Ethel Kennedy; Michael Kennedy and Kathleen Kennedy, the wife and children of Robert Kennedy. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) stands at back. (AP Photo/Barry Thumma, File)

FILE - Members of the Kennedy family kneel at the grave site of the late President John F. Kennedy at Arlington National Cemetery after they visited the grave of the late Robert F. Kennedy nearby, on the anniversary of his death 16 years ago, June 6, 1984. From left: Emily and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.; Chris Kennedy; Ethel Kennedy; Michael Kennedy and Kathleen Kennedy, the wife and children of Robert Kennedy. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) stands at back. (AP Photo/Barry Thumma, File)

FILE - Sen. Edward Kennedy, from left, first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, President Bill Clinton and Ethel Kennedy, right, listen to a remembrance delivered by Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy II during a memorial Mass in honor of Robert F. Kennedy on the 25th anniversary of his death at the Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., June 7, 1993. (AP Photo/Marcy Nighswander, File)

FILE - Sen. Edward Kennedy, from left, first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, President Bill Clinton and Ethel Kennedy, right, listen to a remembrance delivered by Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy II during a memorial Mass in honor of Robert F. Kennedy on the 25th anniversary of his death at the Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., June 7, 1993. (AP Photo/Marcy Nighswander, File)

FILE - Ethel Kennedy, from the film "Ethel," poses for a portrait during the 2012 Sundance Film Festival on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012, in Park City, Utah. (AP Photo/Victoria Will, File)

FILE - Ethel Kennedy, from the film "Ethel," poses for a portrait during the 2012 Sundance Film Festival on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012, in Park City, Utah. (AP Photo/Victoria Will, File)

FILE - U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., center, talks with those gathered, including Ethel Kennedy, center, and Rev. Jesse Jackson, on the historic Edmund Pettus Bridge during the 19th annual reenactment of the "Bloody Sunday" Selma to Montgomery civil rights march across the bridge in Selma, Ala., Sunday, March 4, 2012, 47 years after the historic march that led to the Voting Rights Act. (AP Photo/Kevin Glackmeyer, File)

FILE - U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., center, talks with those gathered, including Ethel Kennedy, center, and Rev. Jesse Jackson, on the historic Edmund Pettus Bridge during the 19th annual reenactment of the "Bloody Sunday" Selma to Montgomery civil rights march across the bridge in Selma, Ala., Sunday, March 4, 2012, 47 years after the historic march that led to the Voting Rights Act. (AP Photo/Kevin Glackmeyer, File)

FILE - Ethel Kennedy, left, subject of the HBO documentary "Ethel," poses for a portrait with her daughter Rory Kennedy, the director of the film, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012 in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

FILE - Ethel Kennedy, left, subject of the HBO documentary "Ethel," poses for a portrait with her daughter Rory Kennedy, the director of the film, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012 in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

FILE - From left, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Ethel Kennedy, Kerry Kennedy, and Mariah Kennedy Cuomo attend the Ripple of Hope Awards, Dec. 11, 2013, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

FILE - From left, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Ethel Kennedy, Kerry Kennedy, and Mariah Kennedy Cuomo attend the Ripple of Hope Awards, Dec. 11, 2013, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

FILE - Egyptian human rights attorney and women's rights activist Ragia Omran, center, gets a kiss on the cheek from Robert F. Kennedy Center President Kerry Kennedy, right, accompanied by Ethel Kennedy, left, during the presentation of the RFK Human Rights Award, Nov. 21, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

FILE - Egyptian human rights attorney and women's rights activist Ragia Omran, center, gets a kiss on the cheek from Robert F. Kennedy Center President Kerry Kennedy, right, accompanied by Ethel Kennedy, left, during the presentation of the RFK Human Rights Award, Nov. 21, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

FILE - Ethel Kennedy, left, and her daughter Kerry Kennedy attend the Robert F. Kennedy Ripple of Hope Award ceremony, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014, in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow, File)

FILE - Ethel Kennedy, left, and her daughter Kerry Kennedy attend the Robert F. Kennedy Ripple of Hope Award ceremony, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014, in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow, File)

FILE - President Barack Obama awards Ethel Kennedy the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Monday, Nov. 24, 2014, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

FILE - President Barack Obama awards Ethel Kennedy the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Monday, Nov. 24, 2014, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

FILE - Ethel Kennedy holds hands with grandson Joseph P. Kennedy III, left, while Navy Secretary Ray Mabus chats with her daughter Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, as they pose near a rendering of the Robert F. Kennedy Navy Ship named at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016, in Boston. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

FILE - Ethel Kennedy holds hands with grandson Joseph P. Kennedy III, left, while Navy Secretary Ray Mabus chats with her daughter Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, as they pose near a rendering of the Robert F. Kennedy Navy Ship named at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016, in Boston. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

FILE - Navy Secretary Ray Mabus smiles with Ethel Kennedy, widow of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, at the naming of the Robert F. Kennedy Navy Ship at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016, in Boston. Ships in this class are being named in honor of civil and human rights heroes. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

FILE - Navy Secretary Ray Mabus smiles with Ethel Kennedy, widow of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, at the naming of the Robert F. Kennedy Navy Ship at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016, in Boston. Ships in this class are being named in honor of civil and human rights heroes. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

FILE - From left, Dolores Huerta, labor leader and civil rights activist, Ethel Kennedy, and civil rights leader Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., are applauded during the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 5, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

FILE - From left, Dolores Huerta, labor leader and civil rights activist, Ethel Kennedy, and civil rights leader Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., are applauded during the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 5, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

PHOTO COLLECTION: Obit Ethel Kennedy

PHOTO COLLECTION: Obit Ethel Kennedy

FILE - Ethel Kennedy, widow of Senator Robert F. Kennedy, watches a video about her late husband during the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights awards ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 5, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

FILE - Ethel Kennedy, widow of Senator Robert F. Kennedy, watches a video about her late husband during the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights awards ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 5, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

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An Israeli strike on a school-turned-shelter in Gaza kills at least 27 people

2024-10-11 02:19 Last Updated At:02:20

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli strike on a school sheltering displaced people in the Gaza Strip killed at least 27 people on Thursday, Palestinian medical officials said. The Israeli military said it targeted militants, but people sheltering there said the strike hit a meeting of aid workers.

Israel has continued to strike at what it says are militant targets across the Palestinian enclave even as attention has shifted to its war against Hezbollah in Lebanon and rising tensions with Iran. The military launched a large-scale air and ground operation against Hamas in northern Gaza earlier this week.

In a separate development, the U.N. peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon said an Israeli tank fired on its headquarters in the town of Naqoura, hitting an observation tower and wounding two peacekeepers. The attack drew widespread condemnation and prompted the Italian Defense Ministry to summon Israel's ambassador in protest.

The Israeli military acknowledged opening fire at a U.N. base in southern Lebanon on Thursday and said it had ordered the peacekeepers to “remain in protected spaces."

The reports came as the Israeli military continued to pound Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, including airstrikes at two locations in central Beirut. The Israeli military, which has struck the densely populated southern suburbs many times, did not immediately comment on its rare attack inside Lebanon's capital.

An Associated Press photographer at the scene said one strike appeared to have hit the lower half of an eight-story apartment building in Beirut’s Ras al Nabaa neighborhood while a second caused a building to collapse and burst into flames in the Burj Abu Haidar district. Loud explosions rocked the area and emergency vehicles gathered at the damaged buildings.

It was not immediately clear what was targeted or how many casualties there were.

Over the last 24 hours, Lebanon's crisis response unit said Israeli shellfire and airstrikes killed 28 people and wounded 113, bringing the total to 2,169 killed and 10,212 people wounded in Lebanon since the war erupted last October. At least four people were killed Thursday in the eastern Bekaa Valley, Lebanese health authorities said.

Hezbollah attacks have killed 28 civilians in northern Israel since the war began, as well as 39 Israeli soldiers, including both in northern Israel since last October and in southern Lebanon since Israel’s invasion.

The Israeli strike in the central Gaza city of Deir al-Balah killed 27 people, including a child and seven women, according to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, where the bodies were brought.

An Associated Press reporter saw ambulances streaming into the hospital and counted the bodies, many of which arrived in pieces.

The Israeli military said it targeted a militant command and control center inside the school, without providing evidence. Israel has repeatedly attacked schools that were turned into shelters in Gaza, accusing militants of taking cover in them.

Witnesses said the strike occurred while school managers were meeting with representatives of an aid group in a room normally used by Hamas-run police who provide security. They said there were no police in the room at the time.

The Palestinian branch of Terre des Hommes, a Swiss aid group, said in a statement that members of one of its children’s health teams were killed in the strike, without specifying how many.

“There were no militants. There was no Hamas,” said Iftikhar Hamouda, who had fled from northern Gaza earlier in the war.

“We headed to tents. They bombed the tents ... In the streets, they bombed us. In the markets, they bombed us. In the schools, they bombed us,” she said. “Where should we go?”

The Hamas-run government operated a civilian police force numbering in the tens of thousands. They largely vanished from the streets after the start of the war as Israel targeted them with airstrikes, but plainclothes Hamas security personnel still exert control over most areas.

Hamas has continued to launch attacks on Israeli forces more than a year after the Palestinian militants' Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel that ignited the war.

The militants stormed into Israel in that attack, killing some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducting around 250 others. They are still holding around 100 captives, a third of whom are believed to be dead.

Israel’s offensive has killed over 42,000 Palestinians, according to local health authorities, who do not say how many were fighters but say women and children make up more than half of the fatalities. The war has destroyed large areas of Gaza and displaced around 90% of its population of 2.3 million people, often multiple times.

The U.N. peacekeeping mission known as UNIFIL said in a statement that its headquarters and nearby positions “have been repeatedly hit.” It said the Israeli army also fired on a nearby bunker where peacekeepers were sheltering, damaging vehicles and a communication system. It said an Israeli drone was seen flying to the bunker’s entrance.

UNIFIL, which has more than 10,000 peacekeepers from dozens of countries, was created to oversee the withdrawal of Israeli troops from southern Lebanon after Israel’s 1978 invasion. The United Nations expanded its mission following the 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah, allowing peacekeepers to patrol a buffer zone set up along the border.

Israel accuses Hezbollah of establishing militant infrastructure along the border in violation of the U.N. Security Council resolution that ended the 2006 war. It has warned people to evacuate from dozens of communities in southern Lebanon, many of which are outside the buffer zone.

The European Union’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell, sharply condemned Israeli strikes that hit UNIFIL positions as “an inadmissible act, for which there is no justification.”

From Italy, which has about 1,000 soldiers deployed as part of UNIFIL, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said her government formally protested to Israeli authorities. Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto went further, claiming Israel deliberately targeted the UNIFIL base in southern Lebanon in strikes that “could constitute war crimes.”

Several other countries, including France and Jordan denounced the Israeli attacks.

The U.N. peacekeeping chief, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, said last week that peacekeepers would stay in their positions on Lebanon’s southern border despite Israel’s request to vacate areas before it launched its ground operation against Hezbollah. Crosetto endorsed that, saying that "the U.N. and Italy cannot accept orders from the Israeli government.”

Hezbollah began firing rockets into Israel on Oct. 8, 2023, in support of Hamas and the Palestinians, drawing Israeli airstrikes in retaliation.

The fighting eventually boiled over into all-out war in recent weeks, with Israel carrying out waves of heavy strikes across Lebanon and launching the ground invasion. Hezbollah has expanded its rocket fire to more populated areas deeper inside Israel, causing few casualties but disrupting daily life.

Hezbollah group kept up rocket fire into Israel on Thursday, setting off air raid sirens in parts of northern Israel. Several drones heading toward Israel were intercepted, the military said.

Israel says the ground invasion, which has so far focused on a narrow strip along the border, is aimed at pushing the militants back so that tens of thousands of Israelis can return to their homes in the north. The fighting has displaced 1.2 million people in Lebanon.

Iran — which supports Hamas, Hezbollah and other armed groups across the region — launched some 180 ballistic missiles at Israel last week in retaliation for the killing of top Hamas and Hezbollah militants.

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said Wednesday that its response to the Iranian missile attack will be “lethal” and “surprising,” without providing further details, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with President Joe Biden.

Israel’s Channel 12 reported that Israel’s security cabinet would convene Thursday night to discuss the country's response.

Magdy reported from Cairo. Associated Press writers Kareem Chehayeb in Beirut and Melanie Lidman in Tel Aviv, Israel, contributed to this report.

Find more of AP’s coverage at https://apnews.com/hub/israel-hamas-war.

Hundreds of people, mostly Turkish citizens, rest on board a Turkish military ship evacuating them from Lebanon to Turkey, in Beirut port, on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Hundreds of people, mostly Turkish citizens, rest on board a Turkish military ship evacuating them from Lebanon to Turkey, in Beirut port, on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Palestinians inspect the damage of a school hit by an Israeli bombardment on Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Palestinians inspect the damage of a school hit by an Israeli bombardment on Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Palestinians inspect the damage of a school hit by an Israeli bombardment on Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Palestinians inspect the damage of a school hit by an Israeli bombardment on Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Palestinians search for the remains of their relatives killed in an Israeli bombardment of a school in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Palestinians search for the remains of their relatives killed in an Israeli bombardment of a school in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Palestinians search for the bodies of their relatives killed in an Israeli bombardment of a school in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Palestinians search for the bodies of their relatives killed in an Israeli bombardment of a school in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Palestinians search for the bodies of their relatives killed in an Israeli bombardment of a school in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Palestinians search for the bodies of their relatives killed in an Israeli bombardment of a school in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Israeli firefighting planes fly over smoke from a fire after a rocket, fired from Lebanon, hit the area near Hatzor Haglilit, northern Israel, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Israeli firefighting planes fly over smoke from a fire after a rocket, fired from Lebanon, hit the area near Hatzor Haglilit, northern Israel, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Two Turkish military ships sail in the Mediterranean Sea, heading from the port of Mersin, Turkey, to the port of Beirut to deliver human aid and evacuate Turkish citizens from Lebanon, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Two Turkish military ships sail in the Mediterranean Sea, heading from the port of Mersin, Turkey, to the port of Beirut to deliver human aid and evacuate Turkish citizens from Lebanon, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Turkish citizens carry their cats as they wait to board a Turkish navy vessel to be evacuated to Turkey at a gathering point, in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Turkish citizens carry their cats as they wait to board a Turkish navy vessel to be evacuated to Turkey at a gathering point, in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Turkish security officials stand guard next to Turkish military ships preparing to evacuate citizens from Lebanon to Turkey in Beirut port, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Turkish security officials stand guard next to Turkish military ships preparing to evacuate citizens from Lebanon to Turkey in Beirut port, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Turkish citizens walk to board Turkish military ships evacuating them from Lebanon to Turkey, in Beirut port on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Turkish citizens walk to board Turkish military ships evacuating them from Lebanon to Turkey, in Beirut port on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Turkish citizens walk to board Turkish military ships evacuating them from Lebanon to Turkey, in Beirut port on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Turkish citizens walk to board Turkish military ships evacuating them from Lebanon to Turkey, in Beirut port on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

People, mostly Turkish citizens, rest on board of a Turkish military ship evacuating them from Lebanon to Turkey, in Beirut port, on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

People, mostly Turkish citizens, rest on board of a Turkish military ship evacuating them from Lebanon to Turkey, in Beirut port, on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

A Palestinian man carries an injured child after an Israeli airstrike in Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

A Palestinian man carries an injured child after an Israeli airstrike in Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - Bodies of Palestinians killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip are brought to the hospital morgue in Deir al-Balah on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - Bodies of Palestinians killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip are brought to the hospital morgue in Deir al-Balah on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

A Palestinian child wounded in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip is treated at a hospital in Deir al-Balah, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

A Palestinian child wounded in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip is treated at a hospital in Deir al-Balah, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Tents are crammed together as displaced Palestinians camp along the beach of Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Tents are crammed together as displaced Palestinians camp along the beach of Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

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