Tel Aviv

Israeli Air Force fighter jets conducted a strike directed at a Hamas compound inside a United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) School in the area of Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip overnight, the IDF confirmed on Thursday.

The Israeli strike reportedly killed at least 40 people in the early hours of this morning, source reported, citing Gaza’s government statement.

Israeli armed forces said that the airstrike was directed by IDF intelligence and the Israel Security Agency and it eliminated terrorists who took part in the attack in southern Israel on October 7.

According to IDF, Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists who belonged to the Nukhba Forces were operating in the compound.

As per IDF, the terrorists used thr UNRWA school it as a shelter. Several terrorists who planned to carry out terror attacks and promote terrorist activities against IDF troops in the immediate time frame were eliminated in the strike.

Before the strike, several steps were taken to reduce the risk of harming uninvolved civilians during the strike, including conducting aerial surveillance and providing additional intelligence information.

Hamas has condemned the massacre committed by Israeli forces against civilians at an UNRWA school in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip, and said that it was a premeditated crime.  Sources reported, that Gaza’s government reports, that it has released a statement with more details on the victims of the Israeli air attack on Nuseirat.