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Saturday, August 3, 2024
IDF says it struck Hamas command and control center in Gaza City school building
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
A Hamas command and control center based out of a former school in Gaza City was struck by fighter jets a short while ago, the IDF says.
According to the military, Hamas operatives were using the Hamama School in Gaza City’s Sheikh Radwan neighborhood to plan and carry out attacks against troops in the Strip.
The IDF says the site was also used by Hamas operatives to manufacture and store weapons, as well as train with them before carrying out attacks on Israeli troops.
Hamas’s government media office reports that at least 10 were killed in the attack, and that the school was being used as a shelter for displaced Gazans.
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 adds.
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.
#تحديث| شهداء وجرحى بقصف الاحتلال مدرسة حمامة التي تؤوي نازحين في حي الشيخ رضوان شمال مدينة غزة pic.twitter.com/H2x53T5OOn
— وكالة شهاب للأنباء (@ShehabAgency) August 3, 2024
