IDF says fighter jets hit Gaza rocket launch sites used in yesterday’s attacks on south

The IDF says the 215th Artillery Regiment shelled rocket launch sites in the northern Gaza Strip, used in attacks against southern Israel’s Sderot, Ashkelon, and Kibbutz Kfar Aza yesterday.

Fighter jets later struck several targets in the area of the launch sites, including a tunnel shaft, underground rocket launchers, and a staging ground used by terror operatives, the IDF says.

Israeli Air Force fighter jets hit some 30 more targets in Gaza over the past day, the IDF says, including buildings used by Hamas operatives, tunnels, government buildings, a weapons depot, and additional military infrastructure.

One airstrike in the Khan Younis area of southern Gaza killed at least two terror operatives who were holed up in a building, the IDF says. The IAF fighter jets also struck several booby-trapped buildings, as part of support for maneuvering ground forces, the military says.

IDF troops are currently battling Hamas in Khan Younis.

Over the past day, the IDF says the 7th Armored Brigade shelled a booby-trapped building, located weapons, and destroyed underground infrastructure.

The Commando Brigade killed several more gunmen, including by directing airstrikes and tank shelling, and the Givati Brigade raided buildings in Khan Younis’s al-Amal neighborhood, where explosive devices were found, the IDF says.

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