The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has attacked over 100 targets in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours during its operation against Palestinian radicals from the Hamas movement, the army press service reported.
"Over the past day, IDF aerial, ground, and naval forces struck over 100 terror targets in the Gaza Strip, including operational command centers and military sites, along with launch pads and compounds where terrorist infrastructure and weapons were stored," it said in a statement.
Among other things, in the vicinity of the Bureij refugee camp, Israeli troops prevented an attempt by the radicals to attack an IDF tank, eliminating that group of militants. The press service added that "In Khan Yunis, a number of launch pads used for firing rockets at Israeli territory were located." While eliminating the launch pads, the IDF engaged in clashes with Palestinians, killing some of them, the press service noted.
Tensions flared up again in the Middle East on October 7 when militants from the Gaza-based Palestinian radical group Hamas staged a surprise incursion into Israeli territory from the Gaza Strip. Hamas described its attack as a response to the aggressive actions of Israeli authorities against the Al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City. In response, Israel has declared a state of war readiness; announced a total blockade of the Gaza Strip, home to 2.3 million Palestinians; and began delivering air strikes on the enclave and certain parts of Lebanon and Syria. Clashes are underway in the West Bank as well.