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Live UpdateFrom the Liveblog of Saturday, May 13, 2023
IDF strikes 3 Islamic Jihad mortar launching positions in Gaza
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent.
The Israel Defense Forces says it targeted three Palestinian Islamic Jihad mortar launching positions in the Gaza Strip a short while ago.
It adds that it also hit an Islamic Jihad military post in one of the recent strikes.
The IDF says that so far today it has hit 13 underground rocket launchers, and is continuing to strike targets at this hour.
IDF says it struck three Islamic Jihad mortar launch sites and a military post in the Gaza Strip. In all, 13 rocket launch sites hit today, the IDF says. pic.twitter.com/Sv7k7KdeN7
— Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian (@manniefabian) May 13, 2023
