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Tuesday, May 6, 2025
IDF says strike targeted Hamas operatives at command post in central Gaza
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The IDF says it carried out an airstrike against a group of Hamas operatives at a command center in the central Gaza Strip a short while ago.
Palestinian media reports that the strike hit a school in the Bureij area, which was used as a shelter for displaced Gazans, killing at least 18 people.
According to the military, the site was being used by Hamas to store weapons intended to be used in attacks on IDF troops and Israeli civilians.
The IDF says it took numerous steps to mitigate civilian harm in the strike, including the use of a “precision munition, aerial surveillance, and additional intelligence.”
#عاجل | في أحدث حصيلة: 18 شهيدا وعشرات الجرحى في قصف الاحتلال مدرسة تؤوي نازحين بمخيم البريج وسط قطاع غزة pic.twitter.com/9cHqyUtuj4
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