100 killed by an Israeli attack on Gaza, 100 killed. IDF: It was a Hamas shelter

2024-08-10 08:31:31Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
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Dozens of people were killed in an Israeli attack on a school in Gaza City, according to Palestinian authorities who say the building was being used as a shelter for civilians.

For its part, the Israeli army confirmed the attack but specified that it had hit a structure used as a terrorist shelter.

Gaza's Civil Defense agency spokesman Mahmoud Bassal said 90-100 people were killed and dozens wounded and described the attack as a "brutal massacre", saying that among the victims were burnt bodies. According to this source, the school was targeted 3 times and was home to "displaced Palestinians".

But in a note posted on Telegram, the Israeli military wrote that the air force "accurately struck Hamas terrorists who were operating inside a control and command center at Al-Tabai'een school and located near the mosque in Daraj Tuffah, which is used as shelter from the residents of Gaza City".

"The center - the IDF emphasizes - was used as a hideout for terrorists and Hamas commanders. From there, numerous attacks against the Israeli army and the State of Israel were planned."

The attack comes at the height of indirect negotiations to end the devastating war in Gaza. Israel responded to the United States' offer and announced that on August 15 it will send mediators to Cairo to agree on the details of the Gaza ceasefire framework. 

For the Israeli government it is "important to quickly reach" an agreement on the release of the hostages but they have less hope of reaching a cease-fire agreement in the Gaza Strip, after the appointment of Yahya Sinar as the leader of the militant group Hamas.

Israel launched the operation to kill all the leaders of the militant group Hamas after the attack against Israeli civilians on October 7, 2023.


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