Fighting in the Gaza Strip continues: During the Sabbath, IDF forces attacked over 400 terrorist targets throughout the Gaza Strip, including over 50 targets in an extensive attack in the Khan Yunis area. It was also said that the fighters of the 551st Brigade Combat Team eliminated terrorists and infrastructure of the terrorist organization Hamas in the area of Beit Lahia by firing tanks and by directing aircraft to attack from the air.
In addition, it was reported that the 215th fire brigade fired artillery and directed airstrikes in the north of the Gaza Strip. Among the attacks that the brigade directed, a terrorist squad that ambushed our forces and a mosque that was used by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad as an operational headquarters, by a fighter jet. In another event, the fighters of the 261st Brigade directed aircraft for attacks and destroyed targets from the air and the ground. Among the targets - a munitions warehouse, and terrorist infrastructures that were used to reorganize the enemy.
Also, during the night, the naval forces carried out a targeted operational activity in the south of the Gaza Strip, in the Khan Yunis anchorage and Deir al-Balah, in which they attacked with precision weapons military targets of the terrorist organization Hamas, as well as infrastructure and equipment used by the organization's naval force. Fighters of the 401st Brigade Combat Team, in cooperation with the brigade fire complex, eliminated terrorist squads and directed fire against terrorist targets in the north of the Gaza Strip.
Weapons were found in UNRWA boxes
Later on in the day, it was reported that during the activity of the fighters of Battalion 7007 of the 261st Brigade's combat team, dozens of rockets were found hidden under UNRWA boxes in the north of the Gaza Strip. Also, under the boxes, about 30 Grad missiles designed for a distance of ten kilometers and dozens of other missiles were found.
In addition, forces from Battalion 414 conducted searches in the northern Gaza Strip, where they found many weapons and military equipment. The fighters located grenades and charges, weapon parts, knives, vests and other intelligence equipment.