The Israeli military says it bombed some 40 “terror targets” in the Gaza Strip in its latest round of airstrikes in response to ongoing rocket attacks from the coastal enclave, bringing the IDF’s total number of raids up to 320 in the past two days.
The military says it targeted “observation headquarters, underground bunkers, weapons caches, military facilities, launchpads, observation posts and more” in its most recent air raids.
Smoke billows from a targeted neighborhood in Gaza City during an Israeli airstrike on the Hamas-run Palestinian enclave on May 5, 2019. (MAHMUD HAMS / AFP)
The army says it targeted sites connected to both the Hamas terror group, which rules Gaza, and the Iran-backed Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
“IDF strikes are continuing according to plan,” the military says.
— Judah Ari Gross
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