Over 50 sites in Gaza bombed over past day, IDF says

Israel carried out over 50 airstrikes throughout Gaza over the past day, the Israel Defense Forces says, including a deadly attack on two terrorists seen leaving a building in northern Gaza where shells had been launched toward Israeli troops.

The army says troops are continuing to operate in the heart of Jabaliya in the north of the Strip, where they are finding weapons and engaging Gazan fighters who attack them. Troops are also operating in central Gaza and engaged in fighting in the southern city of Rafah, where an airstrike was called in on three terrorists who opened fire on troops.

Residents in Rafah report intense artillery shelling and gunfire.

Over the past day, soldiers in the southern Gaza city uncovered tunnel shafts, an ammunition depot, anti-tank missile launchers, explosives and other unspecified arms, the IDF says. Troops in central Gaza also found an arms cache.

An AFP correspondent reports artillery and gunfire in Gaza City’s southern neighborhood of Zeitoun, in the territory’s north, where witnesses say thick plumes of smoke are rising over Jabaliya and Beit Lahiya.