The IDF targeted terrorists who were in the area of the UNRWA Al-Ja’oni School in the central Gaza Strip, which served as the command center for Hamas operatives from which they coordinated terror operations against our forces.
The IDF conducted the strike using aircraft of the Air Force and guided by intelligence information from the IDF’s Military Intelligence, the Shin Bet, and the Southern Command, targeting several terrorists operating in the structures located in the vicinity of the UNRWA Al-Ja’oni School in the central Gaza Strip. This location served as a hideout and an active operational center, from which terror operations were planned and carried out against our forces operating in the Gaza Strip.
Prior to the strike, many steps were taken to minimize the chance of harming civilians. As part of those efforts, precision munitions and additional intelligence information were used.
The terrorist organization Hamas systematically violates international law by exploiting civilian structures and the civilian population as human shields for terror activities against the State of Israel.