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Military says Gaza strikes destroyed four Hamas weapon depots
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike at the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza Strip, on July 16, 2026. (Eyad Baba/AFP)
Four Hamas weapon depots were destroyed in Israeli strikes in the central Gaza Strip overnight, the IDF announces.
The facilities had been used by Hamas to store assault rifles, RPGs, grenades, explosive devices, and other military equipment, according to the military.
The IDF says the weapons were intended to be used by Hamas in attacks on troops stationed in the Strip, and they were destroyed to “remove the threat.”
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