The Israeli army says it has once again attacked command centers of the Islamist Hamas from the air in the embattled Gaza Strip. One was in the center of the sealed-off coastal strip in a building that used to be a school, it was said. Another command center was located in the same area in a building that previously served as a mosque. Arab reports said there were 15 dead and dozens injured in the area. Neither the Arab reports nor the army’s information could be independently verified.

The army said that numerous measures had been taken before the “precise” attacks to reduce the danger to civilians. The attacked buildings were used to plan and carry out terrorist attacks against Israeli troops and the State of Israel. This is another example of the systematic abuse of civilian infrastructure by Hamas, which violates international law, it said.