The IDF says it carried out airstrikes against some 230 Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip over the past day, and heavy fighting continued in northern Gaza despite the army indicating operations there were wrapping up.
In Gaza City’s Jabaliya, a school where civilians had been sheltering was cleared out by troops of the 551st Brigade, who found several weapons belonging to Hamas operatives inside, the army says.
The constant staccato of gunfire can be heard in a video from the area reportedly recorded Thursday morning.
The IDF also says that in the Shati camp on the northern Gaza coast, the 14th Brigade spotted a group of Hamas operatives and called in an airstrike.
The strike in Shati comes weeks after the IDF said it had full control of the area, indicating the military is still battling smaller Hamas cells.
Soldiers also pressed gains in south Gaza, where much of the fighting is expected to shift to.
In Khan Younis, the IDF says troops of the 7th Armored Brigade identified a group of Hamas operatives inside a building and called in an airstrike.
A rocket launcher in the area was also hit as it prepared to fire projectiles at Israel, the army says.
The Navy also carried out strikes overnight, hitting vessels used by Hamas’s naval forces.
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