Five Gaza high-rises have been destroyed by the Israeli military in the last 72 hours, according to the Strip’s Civil Defense agency, a rescue and emergency body in the Strip controlled by Hamas.
The buildings, most of them 10-15 stories, housed some 4,100 people in 209 apartments, the agency says.
Strikes targeting the buildings also destroyed 350 nearby tents sheltering some 3,500 people, it adds.
The tally for the number of buildings hit is far smaller than claims from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz that dozens such buildings have been hit in recent days.
The IDF says the buildings were used by Hamas to conduct operations against troops, including surveillance, and residents of the buildings were warned before the strikes.
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