A Hamas operative at one of the terror group’s command centers was targeted in an airstrike in northern Gaza’s Jabalia a short while ago, the IDF and Shin Bet say.
Palestinian media reports that the strike hit a school in Jabalia that served as a shelter for displaced Gazans. The reports say six people were killed and several others were wounded in the attack.
The command center had been used by the terror operative “to plan and carry out terror attacks against Israeli civilians and IDF troops,” the military says.
The IDF says it took steps to mitigate civilian harm in the strike, including the use of a “precision munition, aerial surveillance, and additional intelligence.”
“The Hamas terrorist organization systematically violates international law while taking over civilian infrastructure, and while brutally exploiting the civilian population as a human shield for its terror attacks,” the military adds.
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