The IDF says it is investigating a strike today on a United Nations shelter in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis, which reportedly killed nine people and wounded others, but adds that it suspects it may have been caused by Hamas rocket fire.
Earlier today, the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees and their descendants claimed Israeli tanks struck the shelter.
“Two tank rounds hit building that shelters 800 people – reports now 9 dead and 75 injured,” said Thomas White, UNRWA’s Gaza director.
The IDF says that “after an inspection of the operational systems, the IDF has now ruled out the possibility that the incident was caused by an airstrike or artillery fire by IDF forces.”
It says that “at the same time, the IDF is conducting an in-depth examination of the ground forces’ activity in the area of the facility.”
“The IDF is investigating the possibility that the strike was caused by Hamas fire,” the military adds.
Israeli soldiers have come under rocket and mortar fire in Gaza amid their operations.
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