IDF operates in Jabalya, Rafah, dismantles 70 terror targets throughout Gaza

The IDF continued to operate in Jabalya and Rafah in the Gaza Strip on Monday and Tuesday, the IDF announced on Tuesday. 

IDF soldiers eliminated several terrorists in Jabalya, including a terror cell fired at soldiers, who directed an IAF aircraft to strike and destroy the cell. 

The soldiers of Armored Brigade 460 carried out raids on terrorist infrastructure in the agricultural areas of Jabaliya. During the raids, the soldiers located many weapons including vests, an FN MAG machine gun, hand grenades, explosives, and intelligence materials.

During extensive searches and guided by intelligence, the troops arrived at a mosque where they located missiles and rocket launchers, which were destroyed.

Continued operations in Rafah

In Rafah, soldiers identified a terrorist shooting mortars toward them. In response, the troops directed an aircraft to kill the terrorist. The IDF also reported that soldiers found several terrorists, rockets, and other military equipment in the area. 

Over the past day, IAF fighter jets and additional aircraft struck and dismantled 70 terror targets throughout the Gaza Strip, including military compounds, weapon storage sites and warehouses, missile launchers, observation posts, and other terrorist infrastructure.