IDF says more than 700 Hamas rocket launchers destroyed since start of Gaza ground offensive

The Israeli Air Force and troops operating in the Gaza Strip have destroyed more than 700 Hamas rocket launchers since the beginning of the ground offensive, the military says.

The IDF says ground troops have seized hundreds of rockets, including long-range projectiles, and located many launchers, as the military works to destroy Hamas’s rocket launch capabilities.

Together, ground troops and the IAF have destroyed more than 700 rocket launchers, the IDF says.

In recent weeks, there has been a significant drop in the rate of rocket fire from Gaza, which military officials attributed to Israel’s control of the ground and troops capturing Hamas’s rocket caches and launch sites.

Recently, the IDF says troops of the Golani Brigade located rocket launchers with primed projectiles in a graveyard in Gaza. It says the launchers were destroyed without causing damage to the cemetery.

In footage shared by the military, the IAF’s intelligence-gathering 100th Squadron is seen spotting Hamas firing rockets from a school and mosque in Gaza. The launchers are then struck by the IAF.

The IDF says Hamas “deliberately” places its launchers and fires rockets from civilian buildings.

Troops operating in the Gaza Strip and the Israeli Air Force have destroyed more than 700 Hamas rocket launchers since the beginning of the ground offensive, the military says.

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