Jerusalem, 8 September, 2025 (TPS-IL) — The Israel Defense Forces struck a high-rise building in Gaza City on Monday being used by the Hamas terrorist organization, the fourth such strike in as many days, the military said.
According to the IDF, Hamas had installed intelligence-gathering equipment, planted explosive devices, and set up observation posts in the building, which was also used to plan and advance attacks during the war.
“the terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip systematically violate international law, brutally exploiting civilian infrastructure and the Gazan population as human shields for terrorist activities,” the IDF said. The military added that advance warnings, aerial surveillance, and precise munitions were used to minimize civilian casualties.
On Monday morning, Defense Minister Israel Katz vowed in a tweet: “A powerful hurricane will strike the skies of Gaza City, and the roofs of the terror towers will quake.”
“This is a final warning to the murderers and rapists of Hamas in Gaza and in luxury hotels abroad: Release the hostages and lay down your weapons—or Gaza will be destroyed, and you will be annihilated,” Katz added.
Approximately 1,200 people were killed and 252 Israelis and foreigners were taken hostage in Hamas’s attacks on Israeli communities near the Gaza border on October 7. Of the 48 remaining hostages, about 20 are believed to be alive.
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