The Israeli army says it has struck with airstrikes several Palestinian militants hiding in a school in Gaza, reported DPA, quoted by BTA.
The army used precision munitions to avoid civilian casualties as it attacked the group of militants hiding in the building in the Nuseirat area of central Gaza, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said late on Monday, without giving further details. .
The army again accused the two military groups – "Hamas" and Palestinian Islamic Jihad that they "systematically violate humanitarian law" by using "civilian sites and the population as human shields".
This comes after the IDF recently announced that they had hit "Hamas" fighters. on the grounds of a former school run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees. According to "Hamas" then 16 people were killed.
According to the army, the militants used the school as a base of operations for attacks against the Israeli military, stressing that before the strikes, measures were taken to reduce the risks to the civilian population.
The DPA agency notes that it cannot confirm through independent sources the claims of both parties.