The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Thursday named nine Hamas operatives killed in Israeli Air Force's "precise strike" on a Hamas command and control center in central Gaza, including three who were also alleged employees of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).

In a statement, IDF said the command and control center embedded within a compound that previously served as the Al Jaouni School in the area of Nuseirat, where UNRWA claimed that six of its employees were killed in the Israeli strike on Wednesday.

"Upon receiving reports claiming that local Palestinian UNRWA workers were killed as a result of the strike, the IDF requested that the agency provide details and names of the workers in order to thoroughly review the claim. To date, no answers have been provided by UNRWA despite repeated requests," IDF said.

There has been no official response from the UN agency or Hamas.