IDF says it struck rocket launchers, hundreds of other targets in past day
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The IDF says it targeted overnight a Hamas rocket launcher that fired at central Israel yesterday.
The army says the launcher was positioned adjacent to a residential building, and after the strike, women and children sheltering there fled the area.
A Hamas rocket launcher which fired at central Israel yesterday was struck overnight. The IDF says the launcher was positioned adjacent to a residential building. pic.twitter.com/S4gmXJZUmM
— Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian (@manniefabian) November 21, 2023
The IDF says it carried out airstrikes against another 250 Hamas targets over the past day, including operatives, rocket launchers, and infrastructure.
כחלק מפעילות צה"ל ברצועת עזה, כלי טיס של צה"ל תקפו כ-250 מטרות של ארגון הטרור חמאס ביממה האחרונה. בין המטרות עשרות מחבלים, משגרי טילים ותשתיות טרור שונות>> pic.twitter.com/KgqKglCD8X
— צבא ההגנה לישראל (@idfonline) November 21, 2023
Meanwhile amid the ground operation, reservists of the Harel Brigade found a cache of weapons at the home of a member of Hamas’s Nukhba forces, and the 14th Brigade found an anti-tank missile hidden under an infant’s bed, in the northern Gaza Strip, the IDF says.