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Wednesday, August 7, 2024
IDF says it struck Hamas, PIJ weapons factory inside Gaza humanitarian zone
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
A weapons manufacturing plant belonging to Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad embedded within the Israeli-designated humanitarian zone in the Gaza Strip was destroyed in an airstrike yesterday, the military says.
The IDF says it carried out “many steps” to mitigate harm to civilians, including using aerial surveillance, a munition “adapted to the type of strike,” and other intelligence.
Dozens more airstrikes were carried out in Gaza over the past day, targeting buildings used by terror groups and cells of operatives, according to the military.
Meanwhile, troops with the 162nd Division killed several gunmen and destroyed sites belonging to terror groups amid operations in Rafah over the past day, the IDF says.
In the Netzarim Corridor in central Gaza, reservists with the 252nd Division killed several more gunmen in clashes and by calling in airstrikes, the IDF adds.
במהלך היממה האחרונה, מטוסי קרב וכלי טיס תקפו עשרות מטרות טרור ברחבי הרצועה. בין המטרות שהותקפו, מבנה ממנו בוצע ירי על כוחותינו, מבנים צבאיים ומחבלים שהיוו איום על כוחותינו.
אמש, כלי-טיס של חיל-האוויר, בהכוונת מידע מודיעיני של אמ״ן ופיקוד הדרום תקף סדנת ייצור אמצעי לחימה של… pic.twitter.com/e6GRbOAtCQ
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