IDF says it carried out strike against Hamas command room in former Gaza City school

The IDF says it carried out an airstrike against a Hamas command room embedded within a former school in Gaza City.

According to the military, Hamas was using the command room at the Ali Bin Abi Talib School in Gaza City’s Zeitoun neighborhood to store “many” weapons and carry out attacks.

To mitigate harm to civilians in the strike, the IDF says it carried out “many steps,” including using precision munitions, aerial surveillance, and other intelligence.

“The Hamas terror organization systematically violates international law, brutally exploiting civilian institutions and the population as a human shield for terror activity,” the military says.

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.

The IDF adds that it will “continue to act with strength and determination against the terror organizations that use schools and civilian institutions as shelters.”