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Saturday, August 10, 2024
Hamas claims no terrorists hiding in Gaza City school when struck by IDF
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The Hamas terror group in a statement claims that “there were no militants in the Taba’een school” in Gaza City’s Daraj neighborhood when it was struck this morning by the IDF.
More than 100 people were killed in the strike, according to Hamas authorities. The IDF expressed heavy skepticism toward the claim, saying the numbers appeared to have been inflated.
Hamas falsely claims that its fighters and members of other armed groups follow a “strict policy” of not being present among civilians.
In recent months, dozens of airstrikes have been carried out against Hamas sites embedded within schools and other sites used as shelters for civilians, according to the IDF.
Just last week, the commander of Hamas’s Sheikh Radwan Battalion was killed in an IDF strike on a school in Gaza City.
According to military assessments, Hamas operatives are struggling to remain inside tunnels for such a long period and are therefore increasingly moving to above-ground sites, while hiding among civilians.
