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Monday, August 12, 2024
IDF, Shin Bet name another 12 Hamas, Islamic Jihad operatives killed in strike at Gaza school, bringing total to 31
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The Israeli military and Shin Bet security agency say they have now verified the deaths of 31 Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad operatives in Saturday’s airstrike on a school in Gaza City.
Hours after the strike, the IDF named 19 Palestinians it said were terror operatives killed in the attack against an “active” Hamas and Islamic Jihad command room, based out of a mosque in the al-Taba’een school complex, in Gaza City’s Daraj neighborhood.
The IDF now releases the names and pictures of another 12 Palestinians it says were killed in the strike and were terror operatives.
More than 100 people were killed in the strike, according to Hamas authorities. The IDF expressed heavy skepticism over the claim, saying the numbers appeared to have been inflated.
