IDF says strike hit Hamas command center set up in former Gaza school

The IDF says it carried out an airstrike against a group of Hamas operatives at a command room embedded within a former school in the central Gaza Strip a short while ago.

According to the military, Hamas was using the Al-Jaouni School in Nuseirat to plan and carry out attacks against troops and Israel.

The school has been serving as a shelter for displaced Gazans, and Palestinian media report several casualties in the attack.

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.