IDF says Hamas has fired 116 rockets from designated humanitarian zone in Gaza

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

Palestinians displaced by the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip set up a tent camp in the al-Mawasi area designated by the IDF as a humanitarian zone, December 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)
Palestinians displaced by the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip set up a tent camp in the al-Mawasi area designated by the IDF as a humanitarian zone, December 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

The IDF says the Hamas terror group has fired at least 116 rockets from within the al-Mawasi designated “humanitarian zone” in southern Gaza toward Israel.

It says that 38 of the projectiles fell short in the Strip.

“Hamas continues to use the humanitarian zone to carry out terrorist activities, further endangering the lives of civilians in Gaza and the State of Israel,” the IDF says in a statement.

The humanitarian zone in al-Mawasi is an area designated by the IDF on October 18 as safe for civilians within the Gaza Strip, where shelter and aid can be found.

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