A large rocket barrage fired from Gaza at the southern city of Netivot earlier today was launched from a location in the central part of the Strip from which IDF troops recently withdrew, Israeli military sources told The Times of Israel.
Yesterday, the IDF began to withdraw the 36th Division from the central Gaza Strip, as part of its plans for a long war, which is expected to include smaller, targeted operations against Hamas, once its main fighting force is defeated.
Today, Hamas fired dozens of rockets from central Gaza, from an area where the 36th Division had operated previously, but not declared by the IDF as under “operational control.”
The IDF’s 99th Division still remains in other areas of central Gaza, where intense fighting is currently taking place between Israeli troops and Hamas’s operatives.
The scene of a rocket impact in the southern city of Netivot, following a barrage fired from the Gaza Strip, January 16, 2024. (Fire and Rescue Services)
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