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Saturday, August 10, 2024
IDF: At least 20 terrorists at school targeted by strike, Gazan death toll inflated
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The IDF in an update on the deadly Gaza City school strike says that according to its intelligence, at least 20 terror operatives and senior commanders were at the site when it was struck.
According to the military, the “active” Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad command room was based out of a prayer room in the al-Taba’een school, in Gaza City’s Daraj neighborhood.
The IDF denies claims that more than 100 Palestinians were killed in the strike.
“According to a preliminary examination, the numbers published by the government media office in Gaza — which acts as a media arm of Hamas — are exaggerated and do not match the information available in the IDF, the precise munitions used, and the accuracy of the strike,” the IDF says.
