IDF says large weapons cache found in Gaza building used by civilians to shelter

The IDF says the Air Force, Navy, and ground forces struck some 200 targets in the Gaza Strip over the past day, as “fierce battles” continue.

In northern Gaza, the IDF says troops of the Yiftah Brigade identified several terror operatives coming out of a building used by Hamas for observation, and called in an airstrike.

The 460th Armored Brigade, operating in northern Gaza’s Jabaliya, directed airstrikes and artillery against seven Hamas operatives and four observation positions in the area, the IDF says.

Meanwhile, soldiers of the 261st Brigade, the Bahad 1 officers’ school in wartime, found a large cache of weapons used by Hamas in a building where civilians were sheltering in northern Gaza.

The IDF says the building is located near a school, mosque, and clinic, and inside the troops found “explosive belts adapted for children,” dozens of mortars, hundreds of grenades, and intelligence documents.

In southern Gaza’s Khan Younis, the IDF says troops of the Kfir Brigade raided a Hamas headquarters, locating weapons, including dozens of grenades and explosive devices.

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