The IDF struck a number of targets belonging to the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terrorist movement throughout the Gaza Strip as Operation Shield and Arrow continued on Thursday morning.
The targeted sites included an operations room belonging to the PIJ used for coordinating anti-tank missile attacks, a mortar launcher belonging to the PIJ near Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip, a lookout near Jabalia in northern Gaza, a lookout near Rafah in southern Gaza, a house in Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza and a rocket launcher near Khan Yunis in southern Gaza, according to Palestinian reports. No injuries were reported in the strikes.
Amid the strikes, rocket sirens sounded in communities near the Gaza border. Three mortars fell near homes in a town in the Eshkol Regional Council amid the rocket fire, causing light damage. No injuries were reported.
The renewed strikes began shortly after six mortars were fired from Gaza toward Kissufim, near the Gaza border. That rocket fire came after an over eight-hour lull in rocket fire during which the IDF assassinated PIJ rocket commander Ali Ghali.
IDF strikes Palestinian Islamic Jihad mortar launchers and observation posts in Gaza. (Credit: IDF Spokesperson’s Unit)
Since Operation Shield and Arrow was launched on Tuesday morning, over 500 rockets have been fired from Gaza towards Israel, with over 100 (about one in five) falling short in the Strip. 154 of the rockets have been intercepted by the IDF.
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