IDF says it struck Hamas operatives hiding in UNRWA school; Hamas claims 12 dead

The IDF says that it struck a number of Hamas operatives gathered in the grounds of an UNRWA-affiliated school in Nuseirat in central Gaza.

The military says the strike was carried out based on intelligence from the Military Intelligence Directorate, Shin Bet and Southern Command. Hamas was using the building as a hiding place and a location from which to plan attacks against Israeli troops operating in Gaza, says the IDF.

The IDF says that prior to the strike it took steps to limit harm to civilians, including using precision weapons and intelligence.

The Hamas-run media office in the Strip says that 12 people were killed in the strike on the school grounds, which it says was housing displaced people. Health officials in Gaza said only that several people were killed and wounded in the strike.