IDF doubts Hamas claim of over 90 dead after strike on terror operatives at Gaza school
Gaza hospital says it received over 70 bodies; army maintains it precisely struck command center with dozens of operatives, took steps to avoid harm to innocents
By Emanuel Fabian
The Israel Defense Forces said Saturday it struck a command room that terror operatives set up at a school in Gaza City where Palestinian civilians were sheltering.
The Gaza Strip’s Hamas-run civil defense agency said over 90 people were killed in the airstrike, describing the incident as a “horrific massacre.” The IDF expressed heavy skepticism toward the claim, saying the numbers appeared to have been inflated.
The IDF said that according to its intelligence, at least 20 terror operatives, including “senior commanders,” were at the site when it was struck.
Fadel Naeem, director of the al-Ahli hospital in Gaza City, told The Associated Press that the facility received 70 bodies of those killed in the strike and the body parts of at least 10 others. The Hamas-rung health ministry said another 47 people were wounded.
Naeem said some of the wounded had severe burns and many had to have limbs amputated. “We received some of the most serious injuries we encountered during the war,” he said.
Gaza hospital says it received over 70 bodies; army maintains it precisely struck command center with dozens of operatives, took steps to avoid harm to innocents
By Emanuel Fabian
The Israel Defense Forces said Saturday it struck a command room that terror operatives set up at a school in Gaza City where Palestinian civilians were sheltering.
The Gaza Strip’s Hamas-run civil defense agency said over 90 people were killed in the airstrike, describing the incident as a “horrific massacre.” The IDF expressed heavy skepticism toward the claim, saying the numbers appeared to have been inflated.
The IDF said that according to its intelligence, at least 20 terror operatives, including “senior commanders,” were at the site when it was struck.
Fadel Naeem, director of the al-Ahli hospital in Gaza City, told The Associated Press that the facility received 70 bodies of those killed in the strike and the body parts of at least 10 others. The Hamas-rung health ministry said another 47 people were wounded.
Naeem said some of the wounded had severe burns and many had to have limbs amputated. “We received some of the most serious injuries we encountered during the war,” he said.