The Israeli Air Force (IAF) has said it demolished the building housing AP, Al Jazeera and some other media offices in Gaza because the Hamas terror organization hides behind it and uses it as human shields.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports IAF made this known, saying the Hamas terror organization deliberately places military targets at the heart of densely populated civilian areas in the Gaza Strip.
IAF stated that prior to the strike, the IAF provided advance warning to civilians in the building and allowed sufficient time for them to evacuate the site.
“A short while ago, IAF fighter jets struck a multi-story building which contained military assets belonging to the intelligence offices of the Hamas terror organization.
“The building contained civilian media offices, which the Hamas terror organization hides behind and uses as human shields. The Hamas terror organization deliberately places military targets at the heart of densely populated civilian areas in the Gaza Strip.
“Prior to the strike, the IAF provided advance warning to civilians in the building and allowed sufficient time for them to evacuate the site,” IAF stated.
The IAF also stated that since the beginning of operation “Guardians of the Walls”, approximately 2,900 rockets have been fired from the Gaza Strip towards Israeli territory, of which approximately 450 failed launches fell in the Gaza Strip.
The Iron Dome Air Defense System has intercepted approximately 1,150 rockets.
In response, over the last 24 hours, IAF fighter jets and aircraft struck over 90 Hamas and Islamic Jihad terror targets throughout the Gaza Strip.
Among the targets struck, are the residences of Yahya Sinwar, Chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau in Gaza, as well as of his brother, Muhammad Sinwar, Head of Logistics and Manpower for Hamas, in Khan Yunis.
Both residences served as military infrastructure for the Hamas terror organization.
Additional terror infrastructure struck includes the offices of Samah Sarag, Head of Planning and Development of the Hamas Political Bureau, the residence of Youssef Abel-Wahab, commander of the Hamas Zeitoun Battalion in Gaza City, and the residence of Ahmad Abd El Aal, a senior Hamas Military Intelligence official.
As part of the continuing wave of strikes on the Hamas ‘Metro’ tunnel system, about thirty targets were attacked by IAF fighter jets using approximately 100 guided armaments.
Dozens of weapon factories and storage sites in Tzabrah tel Aloha, Sheik Amodan, and Gaza City were struck as well. These terror sites were located within the residences of Hamas naval and airborne operatives, anti-tank squads, and offensive cyber units.
Over the last day, the IAF struck approximately 40 rocket launch sites aimed towards central and southern Israel.
The Hamas terror organization deliberately places military targets at the heart of densely populated civilian areas in the Gaza Strip. The IAF takes all possible precautions to avoid harming innocent civilians during operational activity.
The IAF continues to strike terror targets in the Gaza Strip and will continue operating as needed.