New Delhi: As tensions continue to escalate in the Middle East, over 100 people were killed in an Israeli air strike targeting a school in Gaza, according to media reports on Saturday.
The media reports suggested that the school was being used as a shelter by people who got displaced due to the war between Israel and Hamas. The Israeli assault tool place in the Daraj district of eastern Gaza.
Reports suggested that Mahmoud Basal, the spokesman of Gaza’s civil defence agency, shared the information in a Telegram post. He posted on Telegram, “Forty martyrs and dozens wounded after the Israeli bombing of the Al-Tabai’een school in the Al-Sahaba area in Gaza City”. “The crews are trying to control the fire to retrieve the bodies of the martyrs and rescue the wounded,” he said further describing the strike as “a horrific massacre”.
In a statement, the Israeli army confirmed the attack and said that it had “precisely struck Hamas terrorists operating within a Hamas command and control centre embedded in the Al-Taba’een school”.
Earlier on Thursday, Israeli strikes claimed lives of more than 18 people and struck two schools in Gaza City. Meanwhile, The military claimed that it had attacked Hamas command centres.
Another Hamas Leader Killed
The Israel Defense Forces on Friday confirmed the killing of Senior Hamas Commander Samer Mahmoud al-Haj in Lebanon. The IDF said that Samer operated as the military forces’ commander in the Ain al-Hilweh camp, located in the area of Sidon in Lebanon, and was responsible for the recruitment and training of terrorists to attack the State of Israel. The IDF has vowed to eradicate the militant group Hamas no matter where they are operating from.
Forces directed by the Shin Bet eliminated Hamas commander Samer Mahmoud al-Haj, reported the IDF spokesperson’s Unit on Friday.
The IDF tweeted, “ELIMINATED: Senior Hamas Commander in Lebanon, Samer Mahmoud al-Haj. Samer operated as the military forces’ commander in the Ain al-Hilweh camp, located in the area of Sidon in Lebanon, and was responsible for the recruitment and training of terrorists to attack the State of Israel. We will continue operating to eliminate the threat of Hamas, no matter what arena the terrorist organization operates in.”
“An IAF aircraft struct in the area of Sidon in Lebanon, and eliminated the terrorist Samer Mahmoud al-Haj, a senior commander in the Hamas terrorst organization in Lebanon, who was responsible for advancing terror attacks and projectile launces from Lebanon toward Israeli territory,” the military said in a statement.
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