Politics Israeli army: Hamas headquarters attacked - 40 reported dead

SDA

10.9.2024 - 02:24

ARCHIVE - Palestinians flee from Hamad City towards Al-Mawasi after the Israeli army dropped leaflets urging residents of a northern neighborhood of Chan Junis to evacuate immediately ahead of a new military operation in the Gaza Strip. Photo: Abed Rahim Khatib/dpa
ARCHIVE - Palestinians flee from Hamad City towards Al-Mawasi after the Israeli army dropped leaflets urging residents of a northern neighborhood of Chan Junis to evacuate immediately ahead of a new military operation in the Gaza Strip. Photo: Abed Rahim Khatib/dpa
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The Israeli Air Force has reportedly attacked an Islamist Hamas command center located in a humanitarian zone in the Gaza Strip.

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According to the Director of Supply for Civil Defense in Gaza, at least 40 people were killed in the airstrike and more than 60 were injured. According to the report, tents housing internally displaced persons were hit. According to the Israeli military, numerous measures were taken before the attack with precision ammunition to reduce the risk of civilians coming to harm.

The army did not provide any information on possible casualties during the night. It merely stated that terrorists had attacked Israeli troops and the State of Israel from the area in Chan Junis in the south of the contested coastal region.

In July, Israel's military had bombed a fenced-off object in the humanitarian zone between Chan Junis and Al-Mawasi, which according to Israel served as a base for Hamas terrorists. According to the report, Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif and the commander of Hamas' Chan Junis Brigade, Rafa Salama, were killed in the attack. Deif is considered one of the central masterminds of the Hamas terror attack on Israel on October 7 last year. The attack triggered the war in Gaza. According to the Hamas-controlled health authority, 90 people were killed and a further 300 injured in the massive airstrike.