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Israeli strike on UN shelter in Gaza kills at least 27
Source: BBC
Israeli strike on UN shelter in Gaza kills at least 27
6 June 2024
Rushdi Abu Alouf,
George Wright
An Israeli air strike on a UN school packed with hundreds of displaced people in central Gaza has killed at least 27 people, local officials say.
Local journalists told the BBC that an Israeli warplane fired two missiles at classrooms on the top floor of the school in the Nuseirat refugee camp.
Israel’s military said it “conducted a precise strike on a Hamas compound embedded inside” the school.
The Hamas media office has accused Israel of committing a "horrific massacre".
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crggq0jygq6o
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The Israel Defense Forces carried out an airstrike on what it said was a compound used by dozens of Hamas fighters inside a United Nations school in central Gaza before dawn on Thursday, as separately, an Israeli soldier was killed while battling terror operatives who attempted to infiltrate into Israel from the Strip’s south.
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According to the military, the members of the terror groups were struck while gathered in three classrooms, separate from an area where civilians were sheltering. The Israel Defense Forces carried out an airstrike on what it said was a compound used by dozens of Hamas fighters inside a United Nations school in central Gaza before dawn on Thursday, as separately, an Israeli soldier was killed while battling terror operatives who attempted to infiltrate into Israel from the Strip’s south.
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The IDF said the compound was used by members of Hamas’s elite Nukhba force who took part in the terror group’s October 7 massacre in Israel, in which some 1,200 were killed and 251 were taken hostage.
The army said the terrorists, along with members of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group, “directed terror attacks from the area of the school, while exploiting it as a civilian location and as shelter.”
This infographic published by the military on June 6, 2024, shows a United Nations school in central Gaza’s Nuseirat, where the IDF says it struck a Hamas compound. (Israel Defense Forces) According to the military, the members of the terror groups were struck while gathered in three classrooms, separate from an area where civilians were sheltering.“The strike eliminated terrorists who had planned to carry out terror attacks and advance imminent terror schemes against our forces,” the IDF said, adding that “many steps were taken before the strike to minimize the risk of harm to uninvolved people” — including analyzing aerial footage and using precise intelligence.
The strike had been postponed twice as the military said it worked to fine-tune the plan to avoid harming civilians, according to information seen by The Times of Israel
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https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-strikes-school-in-central-gaza-where-it-says-dozens-of-terrorists-were-gathered/--snip--
According to the military, the members of the terror groups were struck while gathered in three classrooms, separate from an area where civilians were sheltering. The Israel Defense Forces carried out an airstrike on what it said was a compound used by dozens of Hamas fighters inside a United Nations school in central Gaza before dawn on Thursday, as separately, an Israeli soldier was killed while battling terror operatives who attempted to infiltrate into Israel from the Strip’s south.
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The IDF said the compound was used by members of Hamas’s elite Nukhba force who took part in the terror group’s October 7 massacre in Israel, in which some 1,200 were killed and 251 were taken hostage.
The army said the terrorists, along with members of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group, “directed terror attacks from the area of the school, while exploiting it as a civilian location and as shelter.”
This infographic published by the military on June 6, 2024, shows a United Nations school in central Gaza’s Nuseirat, where the IDF says it struck a Hamas compound. (Israel Defense Forces) According to the military, the members of the terror groups were struck while gathered in three classrooms, separate from an area where civilians were sheltering.“The strike eliminated terrorists who had planned to carry out terror attacks and advance imminent terror schemes against our forces,” the IDF said, adding that “many steps were taken before the strike to minimize the risk of harm to uninvolved people” — including analyzing aerial footage and using precise intelligence.
The strike had been postponed twice as the military said it worked to fine-tune the plan to avoid harming civilians, according to information seen by The Times of Israel
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