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IDF says it is carrying out wave of ‘intense’ airstrikes in Gaza

By Emanuel Fabian

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8 October 2023, 3:50 pm 1 Edit

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

Smoke rises after Israeli air strikes near the border east of the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, October 8, 2023. (Atia Mohammed/Flash90)

The Israel Defense Forces says dozens of fighter jets are carrying out a wave of “intense” airstrikes in the Gaza Strip.

“The IDF is attacking targets in the areas near the fence at Beit Hanoun, which are used by the Hamas terror group to carry out attacks against the State of Israel,” the military says in a statement.

Meanwhile, IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi is holding an assessment with senior officers at Southern Command headquarters in Beersheba.