The Israel Air Force (IAF) on Friday evening, with the direction of IDF and Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) intelligence, conducted a precise strike on terrorists who were operating inside a Hamas command and control center, the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit said in a statement.
The command and control center was embedded inside a compound that previously served as the “Halima al-Sa'diyya” School in the northern Gaza Strip, according to the statement.
Hamas terrorists used the command and control center to plan and execute terror attacks against IDF troops and the State of Israel, said the IDF.
Prior to the strike, numerous steps were taken to mitigate the risk of harming civilians, including the use of precise munitions, aerial surveillance and additional intelligence.
“The Hamas terrorist organization systematically violates international law and operates from within civilian infrastructure and shelters in the Gaza Strip, brutally exploiting the Gazan civilian population for its terrorist activities. The IDF will continue to operate against the Hamas terrorist organization in defense of the State of Israel,” the IDF statement concluded.
Earlier this week, the IDF struck Hamas terrorists who were operating within a command and control center embedded inside the area that previously served as the “Safad” school in Gaza City.
According to the IDF, the command and control center was used by Hamas terrorists to plan and carry out terror attacks against the IDF and the State of Israel.
The IDF stressed that before the strike, numerous steps were taken to mitigate the risk of harming civilians, including the use of precise munitions, aerial surveillance, and additional intelligence.
Hamas regularly uses the civilian and humanitarian infrastructure in Gaza in order to plan and carry out attacks against Israel. This includes the use of facilities which belong to UNRWA, the UN agency tasked with aiding “Palestinian refugees”.
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