Army disputes Hamas claim that 100 civilians killed • US ‘deeply concerned’ about Israeli strike, EU says horrified by images from school
By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD, MAARIV ONLINE, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
AUGUST 10, 2024 06:29 Updated: AUGUST 11, 2024 00:05
Palestinians look at damages at the site of an Israeli strike on a school sheltering displaced people, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Gaza City August 10, 2024.(photo credit: REUTERS/Abed Sabah)
An Israeli air force aircraft, guided by intelligence from the Military Intelligence Directorate (AMAN) and Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency), targeted terrorists operating in a Hamas command and control center embedded within the Al-Taabin school complex near a mosque in the Dura’ Tafah area on Saturday morning, the IDF and Shin Bet reported.
Following an intelligence investigation, at least 19 Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists were killed, the IDF reported Saturday evening.
The IDF also announced on Saturday night that there is a high probability that the commander of the Central Brigade of the Islamic Jihad terrorist organization, Ashraf Juda, was also killed.
The IDF carried out the attack using three small and precise weapons, Israeli state broadcaster KAN later reported, citing the military.
The IDF argued that according to professional analysis, these types of ammunition “cannot cause the amount of damage that is being reported by the Hamas-run Government Information Office in Gaza.” Furthermore, no severe damage was caused to the compound where the terrorists were situated, the IDF stated.
Israel’s Army Radio later revealed that the school was divided into three sections: men, women, and children. Only rooms containing terrorists in the men’s section were reportedly hit.
Area of the IAF strike at the mosque in the Al-Taba’een school compound, August 10, 2024. (credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON’S UNIT)
The headquarters were reportedly used by Hamas terrorists for shelter and to plan and advance terror activities against IDF soldiers and Israeli civilians.