Israel-Palestine Escalation
Israel was hit by an unprecedented rocket attack from the Gaza Strip on October 7, with Hamas movement's troops infiltrating border areas. On October 8, the Israeli government announced that it had invoked Article 40 of the Basic Law, which means the country was officially in a state of war.

Israeli Army Says Struck School, Mosque in Gaza, Both Hosting Hamas Command Centers

© AP Photo / Abdel Kareem HanaPalestinians inspect the rubble of a school destroyed in an Israeli airstrike on Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Saturday, July 27, 2024
Palestinians inspect the rubble of a school destroyed in an Israeli airstrike on Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Saturday, July 27, 2024 - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 06.10.2024
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - More than 41,000 Palestinians, mostly children and women, have been killed and nearly 100,000 others injured in Israeli air and ground strikes since Israel launched its so-called "Iron Sword" military operation in the Gaza Strip in the wake of the October 7 Hamas attack last year.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) claimed a strike at the Ibn Rushd school and the Shuhada al-Aqsa mosque in the Gaza Strip town of Deir al-Balah, where it said the command centers of Palestinian movement Hamas had been hosted.
"These command and control centers were used by Hamas terrorists to plan and execute terrorist attacks against IDF troops and the State of Israel," the army said on Telegram.
Before the strike, the Israeli forces took necessary measures to mitigate the risk of harming civilians, including the use of precise munitions, aerial surveillance, and additional intelligence, the IDF added.
As previously reported by Palestinian news agency Safa, thirteen displaced persons had been killed in the strike on the mosque.
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