The Israeli army said in a statement on Tuesday that it had killed “approximately 15 members of terrorist organizations” in Gaza who were in a “Hamas war room” on the premises of a school belonging to the Palestinian refugee aid agency in Gaza. the United Nations (UNRWA) in the Nuseirat camp, in the center of the strip.
“The (air) attack was carried out using precise munitions to minimize damage to uninvolved civilians,” clarifies the statement, which is imprecise regarding the number of insurgents killed.
The military note speaks of “approximately” 15 combatants – from different Palestinian armed groups – killed in the Nuseirat refugee camp and then indicates that “more than 10” of whom were members of Hamas.
Since the beginning of the Gaza invasion, Israel has attacked UNRWA schools and other buildings – which serve as shelters for displaced Palestinians – alleging that Hamas fighters operate from there.
Israeli bombings on the besieged population of the strip have already caused the death of 35,000 Gazans, a third of whom were minors.
