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| IDF: Airstrike targeted terror operatives who were heading to attack troops in Gaza |
| 2024-12-14 |
| [IsraelTimes] The military releases an overnight statement saying an Israeli aircraft struck a cell of operatives in Gaza while “on their way to carry out terror [attack] plans against our forces in the Strip and toward Israeli territory in the immediate future.” An IDF statement says the targeted operatives were at a school in Gaza City when struck, adding that “many measures were taken to reduce the chance of harm” to non-combatants. The statement also accuses Palestinian terror groups of violating international law by operating in civilian facilities and using civilian shields, without specifying which factions the targeted operatives belonged to. Islamic Jihad rocket fire [IsraelTimes] Fighting between Israel and terror operatives continued Friday in Gaza, where two rockets were launched in the evening at southern Israel. The military said air defenses intercepted the two projectiles, which triggered sirens in Ashkelon and surrounding towns near the Gaza border. There were no reports of injuries or damage. Palestinian Islamic Jihad took responsibility for the rocket fire, which has become a relative rarity after the 14 months of war that were sparked by the devastating Hamas-led invasion of southern Israel on October 7, 2023, with IDF aerial and ground operations having greatly depleted the arsenals of Hamas and other Gaza-based terror factions. Late Friday, the Israel Defense Forces issued an evacuation warning for Palestinians in the area of the launch site, south of Jabalia in northern Gaza. “Terror organizations are once again firing rockets from this area, which has been warned several times in the past,” Col. Avichay Adraee, the IDF’s Arabic-language spokesman said, publishing a map of the zones that are to be evacuated. Civilians in the area were called on to move to shelters in central Gaza City. |
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