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Saturday, February 17, 2024
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Saturday, February 17, 2024
IDF announces airstrikes on Hamas command rooms in central Gaza
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The IDF says it carried out a wave of airstrikes against several Hamas command rooms in the central Gaza Strip earlier today.
The sites, referred to as “operational headquarters” in Nuseirat and Deir al-Balah, were struck by fighter jets, following intelligence information that Hamas operatives were gathered at the sites, the IDF says.
The IDF has carried out only limited ground operations in Nuseirat and Deir al-Balah, and the remaining two Hamas battalions in the areas are believed to be largely functional.
