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The Israeli military launched a punitive airstrike on Tuesday against Hamas militants holed up in a school run by the United Nations for Palestinian refugees near central Gaza, saying it targeted a packed “war room.” of fighters who participated in the bloody operations of October 7. terrorist attack.
Israel says that of the 15 people killed in the attack on a United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) school in Nuseirat, “more than 10” belonged to Hamas, without providing details on the identity of others.
Earlier in the day, IDF forces killed “dozens” of Hamas terrorists in the northern Gaza town of Jabalya, in some of the region’s fiercest fighting in two months, Jerusalem reported Post.
Israeli forces claimed the strike was carried out using precision munitions to help minimize civilian casualties.
However, the strike also hit a residential building that apparently housed “dozens” of refugees who had fled Rafah days earlier. Gaza Civil Defense reported removing eight bodies from the rubble of the destroyed three-story house, most of them women and children, and rescuing several others.
The IDF said the room inside the UNRWA school had been used by Hamas’ Nukbha branch to prepare a series of attacks against Israeli troops in recent weeks.
According to Israeli intelligence, the eliminated Nukhba militants were among Hamas members who massacred more than 1,200 Israeli civilians.
The embattled UNRWA has come under fire in recent months following accusations from Israel that hundreds of its approximately 13,000 employees in Gaza belonged to militant groups, including Hamas.
Israel’s accusations have prompted major international donors to withhold millions of dollars from the organization, although it has provided no evidence to support its claims.
With post wires
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