IDF: Deaths at UN school at Nuseirat base in UN school likely all, mostly terrorists

The IDF said on Thursday that the approximately 20-30 Palestinians killed by its airstrike on an UNRWA school in the Nuseirat Refugee Camp in the Gaza Strip earlier in the morning were likely all or mostly terrorists.

According to the IDF, airstrikes attacked three specific locations within the compound which different groups of Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists were using as command centers and staging areas for planning and carrying out attacks on the IDF defense line separating northern and central Gaza.

In addition, the IDF said that it would late Thursday publish the names of many of the terrorists it had identified at the location, to demonstrate that they were in fact combatants and not innocent civilians.

Further, the IDF said that it was continuing to review the incident to make sure that a small number of civilians were not also killed along with the terrorists.

However, the IDF said that so far, both before and after the operation, intelligence has indicated that the targets, the terrorists, were killed by a precise planned strike in an area separate from where all or most of the civilians were residing.

The IDF said that the operation had been planned for many days and that it was even called off and delayed twice to get more exact intelligence and to be more sure that civilians would not be harmed.

Civilian casualties despite evacuation

In addition, the IDF said that among the terrorists were specific terrorists who participated in the October 7 massacre.

The IDF condemned the terrorists for continuing to use schools, UN locations, mosques, and hospitals to carry out terrorist activity and to try to use human shields to avoid IDF attacks.

The Hamas-run Gaza Government Media Office said that at least 27 people were killed and dozens injured, as reported by Reuters.

There was no immediate confirmation by the Gaza Health Ministry, Reuters could not immediately verify the announcement.

Source » jpost.com