IDF Report On Strike On Al-Taba'een School, Strikes In Gaza And Lebanon
IDF: Increasingly in recent months Hamas has focused on exploiting school buildings, often where civilians are sheltering inside, to use them as military facilities, command and control centers.
GAZA/LEBANON - The following are statements by the Israeli military on the recent strike on the Al-Taba’een school, as well as strikes on Hamas in the Gaza Strip, and Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Israel Defense Forces (IDF): “Increasingly in recent months Hamas has focused on exploiting school buildings, often where civilians are sheltering inside, to use them as military facilities, command and control centers, for storing weapons, and to execute terrorist attacks."
"According to various intelligence indications, there is a high probability that the commander of the Central Camps Brigade of the Islamic Jihad terrorist organization, Ashraf Juda, was at the military headquarters at the Al-Taba’een School that was targeted. It is not yet clear whether he was hit during the strike."