IDF troops find Hamas command room in Gaza City school and health clinic

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

A cache of weapons found by IDF troops at a Hamas site in Gaza City's Shejaiya neighborhood, July 8, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
A cache of weapons found by IDF troops at a Hamas site in Gaza City's Shejaiya neighborhood, July 8, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

Israeli troops operating in Gaza City’s Shejaiya neighborhood located a Hamas command room based out of a school and health clinic, the IDF says.

The IDF says the Hamas operatives “converted [the sites] from civilian use to terrorist purposes.”

“In this compound, terrorists from [Hamas’s] Shejaiya Battalion were holed up and carried out terror activity,” the military says.

Troops of the Givati Brigade’s Rotem Battalion located a weapons manufacturing plant and dozens of weapons during a raid against the site, including mortars, machine guns, and grenades.

The IDF says the troops also found intelligence documents belonging to Hamas, which were hidden among uniforms and equipment belonging to UNRWA.

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