The IDF says it carried out airstrikes against Hamas command and control centers embedded within two schools in Gaza City a short while ago.
According to the IDF, Hamas operatives were gathered at the Abdel Fattah Hamoud and al-Zahraa schools, in Gaza City’s Daraj and Tuffah neighborhoods, when the strikes were carried out.
Palestinian media say that at least five were killed at the Abdel Fattah Hamoud School and another seven were killed at the al-Zahraa School.
“The school compounds were used as command and control centers for terrorists and commanders in the Hamas terror organization,” from which they planned and carried out attacks against troops in Gaza and against Israel, the military says.
To mitigate harm to civilians, the IDF says it carried out “many steps,” including using aerial surveillance, a “precision munition,” and other intelligence.
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