The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) struck a Hamas command-and-control center embedded inside the Dar al-Arqam School in Gaza City’s Tuffah district, eliminating at least six senior Hamas and Islamic Jihad operatives responsible for directing attacks on Israeli civilians and troops.
Contrary to reports circulated by the Hamas-run health ministry—a known propaganda arm of the terrorist organization—the IDF did not target a school arbitrarily. Instead, military intelligence confirmed that Hamas had converted the school into a military installation, in flagrant violation of international law.
Hamas operatives were using the school as a base of operations to orchestrate rocket fire, tunnel movement, and drone attacks, exploiting displaced civilians and children as human shields. The IDF confirmed that numerous measures were taken to mitigate civilian harm, including aerial surveillance, delay of strike windows, and the use of precision-guided munitions.
This strike came as part of Operation Might and Sword, launched after Hamas violated ceasefire terms, delayed hostage releases, and resumed rocket attacks on Israeli cities. The operation, which began on March 18, 2025, has already eliminated over 400 terrorists and disrupted Hamas’ remaining infrastructure.
Media Manipulation by Terrorist Groups
The Hamas-controlled media has, once again, issued unverified casualty figures and released stage-managed videos from Hamas-run hospitals in an attempt to shift global focus from the elimination of terror operatives to civilian casualties. These numbers, lacking independent verification, routinely include Hamas fighters as “civilians” and omit the fact that Hamas deliberately places its military assets inside civilian structures.
Video clips circulated by Hamas affiliates and outlets like Al Jazeera omit the fact that the IDF repeatedly urged civilians to evacuate prior to operations and that Hamas often blocks evacuation routes or fires on civilians attempting to flee.
Civilian Use as Shields
Israel has repeatedly provided evidence of Hamas using hospitals, schools, and UN facilities to shield its terrorist infrastructure. Underground tunnels discovered by IDF forces often lead to weapons caches and command centers located directly beneath civilian buildings, as seen under Al-Shifa Hospital and UNRWA facilities.
According to the Geneva Conventions, when a civilian site is used for military purposes, it loses its protected status. Hamas’ ongoing strategy of embedding terrorists within civilian areas is a violation of international humanitarian law and a deliberate tactic to generate international outrage against Israel.
Background
This war is not isolated to Gaza. Since the October 7 massacre, Iran and its proxies—including Hezbollah in Lebanon, militias in Syria and Iraq, and the Houthis in Yemen—have launched coordinated attacks on Israel’s borders and population centers.
Hamas’ actions on October 7 were not merely military—they were genocidal. Over 1,163 civilians were slaughtered, including babies, children, and the elderly. Terrorists documented their own atrocities, proudly livestreaming rapes, beheadings, and executions. Over 250 hostages were taken into Gaza, many of whom remain in underground torture chambers, held not just by Hamas but by ordinary Gazan families.
Israel’s operations in Gaza are targeted counterterrorism strikes—not indiscriminate attacks. Civilian harm, when it occurs, is a tragic consequence of Hamas’ war crimes, not Israeli policy. The world must stop enabling this false narrative of moral equivalency. Hamas and its partners in terror are the aggressors. Israel is defending its people—its right, its duty, and its obligation.
BBC’s Misinformation
The original article, published by the BBC on April 3, 2025 (link here), is not just biased—it is a dangerous piece of disinformation that promotes terrorist propaganda. By parroting the narrative of the Hamas-run “health ministry” without questioning its credibility, and by omitting the critical fact that the school was being used as a Hamas command-and-control center, the BBC effectively serves as a megaphone for a genocidal terror group. This is not objective reporting—it is a shameful betrayal of journalistic ethics and a direct contribution to the war of lies being waged against Israel. By enabling Hamas to manipulate global opinion and downplay its war crimes, the BBC becomes an accomplice in the information warfare targeting the only democracy in the Middle East.
