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Sunday, July 7, 2024
IDF says it struck Hamas weapons manufacturing site inside Gaza City school
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
A Hamas weapon manufacturing site embedded within a school in Gaza City was struck earlier today, the military says.
The IDF says fighter jets struck a compound within a school in Gaza City where Hamas operatives were gathered. A separate site in the school used by Hamas to manufacture weapons was also hit, it adds.
Before carrying out the strike, the IDF says it carried out “many steps” to mitigate harm to civilians, including using aerial surveillance and other intelligence.
“The Hamas terror organization systematically violates international law, systematically exploiting civilian buildings and the civilian population as human shields for terror activity against the State of Israel,” the military adds.
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