Another of their preferred targets again, a school with womwn and children inside.
The new normal.
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Twelve killed in Israeli strike on Gaza school, civil defence says
Women and children can be heard screaming and seen running from the dust-enveloped Mustafa Hafez school in a video posted on social media showing the immediate aftermath of Tuesday morning’s strike.
The camera then pans to show rubble on the ground beside the completely flattened remains of a two-storey building.
“We were sitting safely, we did not see the explosion,” witness Umm Mohammed later told Reuters news agency.
“The people are gone, they're dead. They are under the rubble.”
Civil Defence spokesman Mahmoud Basal said in the afternoon that rescue crews had so far recovered the bodies of 12 people.
He said the strike had targeted the entire wing of the school, where he estimated that 700 displaced people had been living.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said aircraft had conducted a “a precise strike on terrorists who were operating within a Hamas command and control centre” which had been embedded inside the school and used to plan and launch attacks against its troops and Israel.
“Prior to the strike, numerous steps were taken to mitigate the risk of harming civilians, including the use of precise munitions, aerial surveillance and additional intelligence,” it added.
The IDF accused Hamas of violating international law by operating within civilian infrastructure and exploiting Gaza’s civilian population - allegations which Hamas has previously denied...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce9zxlpz5evo
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