[KARAH RUCKER]
NOW TO THE LATEST IN THE WAR IN GAZA – ISRAEL SAYS ITS MILITARY has struck A SCHOOL THAT CONTAINED A HAMAS COMPOUND.
israel has long accused hamas of using critical civilian FACILITIES like schools and children’s hospitals as HIDEOUTS AND PLACES to store their WEAPONS.
ISRAELI OFFICIALS SAY THE AIRSTRIKE EARLY THIS MORNING KILLED FIGHTERS WHO WERE INVOLVED IN HAMAS’ TERROR ATTACK ON OCTOBER 7TH.
THE HAMAS-RUN MEDIA rejects THOSE CLAIMS – SAYING THE STRIKE BY ISRAELI FIGHTER JETS KILLED AT LEAST 30 PEOPLE – INCLUDING WOMEN AND CHILDREN — WHO WERE SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE THE UNITED NATIONS SCHOOL IN CENTRAL GAZA.
THE ISRAELI MILITARY SAYS IT TOOK STEPS TO REDUCE THE RISK OF HARMING CIVILIANS BEFORE LAUNCHING THE ATTACK.
THE STRIKE COMES A DAY AFTER THE ISRAELI MILITARY ANNOUNCED A NEW GROUND AND AIR OFFENSIVE IN CENTRAL GAZA – WHERE IT SAYS HAMAS MILITANTS HAVE REGROUPED in the region.
DESPITE THE REPORTS BY LOCAL OFFICIALS — ISRAEL HAS SAID IT WAS NOT AWARE OF ANY CIVILIAN DEATHS AT THE SCHOOL.
THIS COMES after straight arrow news RECENTLY reported the united nations **revised its numbers on the amount of Palestinian women and children who have been killed in the war —
the world agency saying the actual death toll was half of what was reported by the hamas run ministry of health in gaza.
the UN suggested the numbers could further decrease as they continue to investigate the death count.
you can find that story now on the STRAIGHT ARROW NEWS APP.