From the Liveblog of
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
IDF says 25 targets struck in Gaza in past day, Hamas gunmen killed throughout Strip
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Over the past day, more than 25 targets were struck by Israeli fighter jets and other aircraft in the Gaza Strip, the IDF says.
According to the military, the targets included sites near a rocket launcher used to fire three projectiles at Sderot yesterday, buildings used by terror groups, booby-trapped buildings, other infrastructure, and cells of gunmen.
In one drone strike in northern Gaza, a Hamas sniper and another member of the terror were killed, the IDF says.
The strikes come as operations continue in southern Gaza’s Rafah, where the IDF says troops with the 162nd Division directed airstrikes that killed several gunmen and destroyed a rocket launcher in the past day.
In the Netzarim Corridor in central Gaza, the IDF says reservists of the Alexandroni Brigade and 8th Brigade killed several gunmen and destroyed buildings used by Hamas as observation posts.
