The Israeli Air Force overnight Wednesday conducted a “precise” strike on a vehicle containing Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists in the area of Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip.
“Prior to the strike, numerous steps were taken to mitigate the risk of harming civilians, including the use of precise munitions, aerial surveillance, and additional intelligence,” according to the Israeli military. “The IDF will continue to operate against Hamas in defense of the citizens of Israel.”
Israeli forces operating in the southern and central parts of the Strip destroyed underground terrorist infrastructure and eliminated Hamas gunmen, the military said earlier Wednesday.
Over the past weeks, troops of the Gaza Division’s Southern Brigade carried out a targeted raid against Hamas infrastructure in the area. Among other achievements, the division’s engineering forces, working together with the Combat Engineering Corps’ elite Yahalom unit, found and destroyed two 1.2-mile-long attack tunnels.
As part of the operation, a terrorist cell that tried to carry out an attack with an explosive device was eliminated, and anti-tank positions and other infrastructure that posed a danger to troops were destroyed.
Earlier Wednesday, the Israeli Air Force carried out a targeted strike on a Hamas terrorist in Gaza City’s Al Furqan area, the Israel Defense Forces announced separately. JNS
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