Israel-Hamas war: As per the Israel Defence Forces, Israel pressed its offensive against Hamas on Thursday night as soldiers uncovered and destroyed rocket launchers and other weapons.
Soldiers also spotted rocket launchers that had been used to fire rockets at Israel in previous days. The launchers were destroyed in an airstrike.
Israeli forces operating in Gaza City also found large numbers of weapons, including mortars and explosives, inside a house next to a kindergarten. In another house nearby, a rocket launcher ready for use and aimed towards Israel was discovered, along with a rocket-propelled grenade on a windowsill ready to be fired.
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Meanwhile, soldiers uncovered large numbers of weapons, including military uniforms, explosive charges, weapons, cartridges and combat equipment, inside a residential home.
An Air Force fighter jet directed by ground forces killed a Hamas terrorist placing explosive charges and struck a terror squad that endangered the Israelis.
The IDF added that in the last two days, forces based on intelligence guidance carried out raids on the buildings at a school on the outskirts, where Hamas squads operated. Soldiers found many weapons, cartridges and maps belonging to Hamas.
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The moves come one day after the IDF announced it had completed the takeover of northern Gaza’s Shejaiya district.
Notably, the deadliest escalation of the conflict in decades has witnessed a massive rocket barrage and a multi-front offensive by Hamas, resulting in reports of more than 2,500 individuals, including militants, breached the border and carried out violent actions in southern Israel, resulting in the loss of about 1,400 people, the majority of who were civilians.
– With inputs from agencies
