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.