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IDF launches massive airstrikes against ‘nest of terror’ in Gaza’s Shuja’iyya
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The Israel Defense Forces says it launched massive airstrikes against the Shuja’iyya neighborhood of Gaza City, targeting some 150 sites.
The IDF says Shuja’iyya is a “nest of terror” used by Hamas to launch attacks against Israel.
Some 100 tons of munitions were dropped on the neighborhood, the IDF says.
Earlier, the IDF carried out similar large-scale strikes in the Beit Hanoun neighborhood in northern Gaza.
The IDF says that it also targeted the home of a senior Hamas member, as the apartment was used by the terror group as “military infrastructure.”
עשרות מטוסי הקרב תקפו כ-150 מטרות ברחבי סג'עיה.
בתקיפה הוטלו כמאה טון חימושים.
שכונת סג'עיה משמשת גם היא כקן טרור עבור חמאס וממנה יוצאות לפועל פעילויות רבות נגד ישראל, גם במסגרת הלחימה בימים האחרונים >> pic.twitter.com/fSKVQINkME
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