IDF says jets hit Hamas rocket-launching positions in south Gaza overnight

Two Hamas rocket-launching positions in the southern Gaza Strip were struck by Israeli fighter jets overnight, the IDF says.

The military says the strike was carried out following new intelligence information that was received over the past few days, allowing the rocket launchers to be destroyed before they were used.

This morning, four rockets were fired from Gaza at the southern city of Sderot. The IDF says all four projectiles were intercepted by the Iron Dome.

Meanwhile, the IDF’s Nahal Brigade continues to operate in the central Gaza Strip corridor. The military says that over the past day, Nahal troops killed several gunmen with sniper fire.

Separately, the IDF says an airstrike was carried out against several terror operatives who were hiding near a civilian shelter in central Gaza’s Bureij.

Dozens more strikes were carried out across Gaza over the past day, targeting buildings used by terror groups, observation posts, rocket launch sites, other infrastructure, and operatives.

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