Israel Defense Forces on Twitter: "5/ We'll say it again: When Hamas places military assets inside such a building, it becomes a lawful military target. This is clear international law."

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Israel Defense Forces‏Verified account @IDF 13h13 hours ago

Here's some important context to the headlines you’re seeing about Israel Defense Forces operations in the Gaza Strip

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Israel Defense Forces‏Verified account @IDF 13h13 hours ago

1/ Hamas has turned residential areas in the Gaza Strip into military strongholds. It uses tall buildings in Gaza for multiple military purposes such as intelligence gathering, planning attacks, command and control, and communications.

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Israel Defense Forces‏Verified account @IDF 13h13 hours ago

2/ When Hamas uses a tall building for military purposes, it becomes a lawful military target.

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Israel Defense Forces‏Verified account @IDF 13h13 hours ago

3/ The Israel Defense Forces struck a number of such buildings in recent days, but before we did so, we took steps to try and ensure that civilians would not be harmed.

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Israel Defense Forces‏Verified account @IDF 13h13 hours ago

4/ We called the building's residents and warned them to leave. We sent SMS messages. We dropped "roof knocker" bombs; they make loud noises and hit only the roof. We provided sufficient time to evacuate.

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Israel Defense Forces‏Verified account @IDF 13h13 hours ago

5/ We'll say it again: When Hamas places military assets inside such a building, it becomes a lawful military target. This is clear international law.

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1. Aikawa ‏ @hnina_sfea 13 hours ago
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  Ahh the international law. Now you're stating it? What's your justification when you used #PhosphorusGasBomb . Isn't that banned under the international law?pic.twitter.com/YktKaJk2Qn
  
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