There has been an uptick in rockets from Gaza after months of quiet, with 43 rockets launched from the Strip at Israel since Friday.
By Joshua Marks, JNS
The Israeli military issued an urgent call early Wednesday for noncombatants to evacuate the Beit Hanoun area in northern Gaza following rocket fire the previous day on Sderot and Ashkelon.
The call also went out to those in the Manshiyya and Sheikh Zayed neighborhoods.
“Hamas and terrorist organizations are firing rockets from your area toward the State of Israel. The IDF will act forcefully and immediately against them,” tweeted Lt. Col. Avichay Adraee, head of the Arab Media Branch in the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit.
“For your own safety, evacuate immediately to the known shelters in the center of Gaza City,” he continued.
#عاجل نداء الى كل المتواجدين في منطقة بيت حانون واحياء المنشية والشيخ زايد والنازحين في داخل المآوي في المنطقة
حماس والمنظمات الإرهابية تطلق الصواريخ من منطقتكم نحو دولة اسرائيل.
جيش الدفاع الإسرائيلي سوف يعمل بقوة وفوراً ضدهم.
من اجل أمنكم، اخلوا بشكل فوري الى المآوي… pic.twitter.com/PkYwwJqEc2
— افيخاي ادرعي (@AvichayAdraee) August 6, 2024
There has been an uptick in rockets from Gaza after months of quiet, with 43 rockets launched from the Strip at Israel since Friday.
IAF strikes weapons factory in humanitarian zone
The Israel Air Force on Tuesday struck a Hamas and Islamic Jihad weapons production facility embedded in the humanitarian area of Deir al-Balah, the IDF said on Wednesday.
כלי טיס של חיל האוויר, בהכוונת מידע מודיעיני של אמ״ן ופיקוד הדרום תקף אמש, סדנת ייצור אמצעי לחימה של ארגוני הטרור חמאס וגא”פ במרחב ההומניטרי בדיר אל בלח.
טרם התקיפות ננקטו צעדים רבים בכדי לצמצם את הסיכוי לפגיעה באזרחים, לרבות שימוש בחימוש מותאם לסוג התקיפה>> pic.twitter.com/i2KoZwPELq
— צבא ההגנה לישראל (@idfonline) August 7, 2024
Ground troops are also continuing counterterror operations in Rafah and in central Gaza.
Over the past 24 hours, the IAF struck dozens of terror targets throughout the Gaza Strip.
Hamas fired rockets at Israel from next to aid warehouses
Over the past week, the IDF said that Hamas fired dozens of rockets at Israeli communities from launchers embedded next to two humanitarian aid and distribution warehouses in the southern Gaza Strip.
במהלך השבוע האחרון זוהו עשרות שיגורים שחצו משטח רצועת עזה לעבר מרחב העיר גן יבנה, איזור לכיש ויישובי העוטף, לוחמי ההגנה האווירית יירטו בהצלחה מספר שיגורים וזוהו נפילות במרחב>> pic.twitter.com/hk1OMSecTs
— צבא ההגנה לישראל (@idfonline) August 7, 2024
The warehouses are run by international organizations, including UNRWA, and are used to distribute aid to the civilian population of Gaza.
“The IAF conducted precision strikes on the launch sites. At the conclusion of the strike, secondary explosions were identified, indicating the presence of additional weapons in the area,” the military said.
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