IDF: Troops take control of Hamas outpost in Gaza City, locate weapons, intel

Israeli forces have taken control of a Hamas military outpost in the heart of Gaza City, the Israel Defense Forces say, locating anti-tank launchers and missiles, weapons, and intelligence materials on the site.

The military says Israeli warplanes struck a cell of about 10 Hamas members, directed by ground troops from the Nahal Brigade who identified the cell and directed the aerial attack on the outpost.

Troops later identified an anti-tank squad operating nearby and directed an additional airstrike, according to the announcement.

Overnight, the military targeted dozens of positions for mortar launches into Israel. Naval forces also attacked a number of Hamas targets overnight, using precision weaponry, the IDF says.

Troops also identified Hamas fighters who had barricaded themselves in a building near the Al-Quds Hospital in the Shejaiya neighborhood of Gaza City and who the military said were planning an attack on Israeli ground forces.

An aerial attack was directed at the site, which led to “significant secondary explosions” that indicate the presence of a weapons depot, the military says.