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Thursday, August 8, 2024
IDF says it located, destroyed rocket launchers near Gaza’s largest fuel depot
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
This infographic released by the IDF on August 8, 2024, shows the location of rocket launchers found near a fuel facility in the southern Gaza Strip. (Israel Defense Forces)
The IDF says it uncovered and destroyed several rocket launchers in the Gaza-Egypt border area, adjacent to the Gaza Strip’s largest fuel depot.
Troops of the 605th Combat Engineering Battalion demolished the launchers last night.
The IDF says that there was no harm to the fuel depot in the operation.
“Any damage to the facility, including rocket fire from these nearby launch pits, could endanger the lives of tens of thousands of Gazan citizens in the surrounding areas. This is a further example of the systematic abuse of civilian and humanitarian infrastructure by the terror organizations in Gaza,” the IDF says.
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