IDF says it hit Gaza rocket launchers primed for attack on central Israel

Overnight, the IDF says it struck in the Gaza Strip three launchers that had 20 rockets in them, primed for an attack on central Israel.

The strike came shortly after the Palestinian Islamic Jihad fired rockets at the southern city of Sderot. In the attack, the IDF says the Iron Dome intercepted three rockets, and artillery forces later shelled the launch site.

Over the past day, more than 30 other targets were struck by fighter jets and drones across the Gaza Strip, the IDF says. The targets included buildings used by terror groups, anti-tank missile launchers and other infrastructure, it says.

Meanwhile, the IDF says it is continuing a pinpoint operation in the central Gaza Strip, on the outskirts of the Nuseirat camp.

In the past day, troops of the 401st Armored Brigade and Nahal Infantry Brigade killed several gunmen and destroyed sites belonging to terror groups, including a Hamas weapons depot, the IDF says.

Another pinpoint operation is being carried out in northern Gaza’s Beit Hanoun, the IDF says.

Amid that operation, the IDF says that troops under the Gaza Division’s Northern Brigade spotted a group of gunmen in the area, and called in an airstrike against them.

בהמשך להתרעות שהופעלו הלילה במרחב העיר שדרות, לוחמי ההגנה ההאווירית יירטו בהצלחה שלושה שיגורים שחצו משטח רצועת עזה. כוחות צה"ל תקפו בירי ארטילרי את מרחב השיגור.

מטוסי קרב של חיל האוויר תקפו והשמידו שלושה משגרים בהם היו כ-20 רקטות מוכנות לשיגור למרכז הארץ>> pic.twitter.com/h0CvUqUdtu

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