Israel names 19 terror operatives killed in Gaza strike, says no major damage to school complex, denies Hamas death toll claims
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The Israeli military and Shin Bet security agency say they have verified the deaths of 19 Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad operatives in this morning’s airstrike on the Taba’een school in Gaza City.
According to the IDF, the strike was carried out against the Hamas and Islamic Jihad command room embedded within a mosque at the school complex with three “precision munitions.”
The IDF says that the missiles “could not have caused the damage that corresponds to the casualty reports of the government media office in Gaza.” Hamas has claimed over 90 people were killed in the strike.
The military says that footage from after the strike shows that there is no major damage to the surrounding school complex.
