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Wednesday, August 26, 2026
IDF says it bombed Hamas site in northern Gaza yesterday, killed several operatives
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The Israeli Air Force bombed a Hamas site in the northern Gaza Strip yesterday, which the IDF says was located next to a hospital and school.
The facility in Jabalia had served Hamas as an “ambush position,” as well as to store weapons, according to the military. The IDF says that recently, Hamas planned attacks and worked to restore the terror group’s capabilities from the building.
The strike killed several Hamas operatives, according to the army.
The military says the “ambush position” was located some 50 meters from the military’s Yellow Line in the area, and therefore it had “posed a threat to IDF troops operating in the area.”
It was also located some 70 meters from Kamal Adwan Hospital, and 170 meters from a school, the IDF says.
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