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Targeting Hamas Terror, Behind the Scenes
(Jerusalem Post) Anna Ahronheim - Lt.-Col. (res.) T. commanded the team behind the strike during the recent fighting on the 14-story Shorouq tower in the center of Gaza City, which housed Hamas military intelligence offices. The offices were situated on two floors and were "more interior, which made it almost impossible to hit" without destroying the entire building, he said. T. said his role was to use all the intelligence available to make sure that there were no civilian casualties in the strikes targeting Hamas infrastructure. "We use our intelligence assets to reach those who live in the buildings and those surrounding it to make sure that they leave," the officer said. Lt. (res.) E. was a firepower officer responsible for hitting terror targets without killing anyone. "We did everything we could to make sure there was nobody in the area," she said, adding that there were several times that the IDF called off an airstrike "because civilians were in the area." The decision to place military infrastructure in civilian areas contravenes the laws of armed conflict, but according to E., "They take advantage. Hamas places their military infrastructure within civilian infrastructure, and if we hit a building that has munitions inside, the IDF can't control the explosion."