The IDF says it destroyed a rocket launcher in southern Gaza’s Rafah used by Hamas to fire a barrage of eight long-range projectiles at central Israel earlier today
A fighter jet hit the site, which the IDF says is located near two mosques.
IDF spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari in a press conference says the site was some 800 meters from where Israeli troops were operating.
“As the IDF forces approached [the area of the launch], Hamas fired the rockets from within the [civilian] population. We see this pattern in many places where we operate. Hamas fears [losing] these munitions and rockets, and it fires them when it sees IDF troops approaching,” Hagari says.
“This is further proof that the Hamas terror organization places its assets near civilian facilities and infrastructure while using the Gaza population as a human shield,” the military adds.
The IDF publishes footage of the strike.
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