Initial Inquiry into School Incident in Jabalya

From the BNO Newsroom.

The IDF released the following statement regarding an incident earlier today where Israel struck a clearly-marked United Nations schools where civilians were seeking refuge from the ongoing violence. A UN official said at least 30 people died in the attack, and wounded 55 others.

Please note that, while BNO News did not edit any of the following text, we have removed a sentence containing media contact information to obtain the re-released footage. The statement can be found below.

An initial inquiry by forces on operating in the area of the incident indicates that a number of mortar shells were fired at IDF forces from within the Jabalya school. In response to the incoming enemy fire, the forces returned mortar fire to the source.

This is not the first time that Hamas has fired mortars and rockets from schools, in such a way deliberately using civilians as human shields in their acts of terror against Israel. This was already proven several months ago by footage from an unmanned plane depicting rockets and mortars being fired from the yard of an UNRWA school. This footage has been released in the past, and is now being re-released.

Again, we emphasize that this announcement is based on an initial inquiry.

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