Israel: army, 2,900 rockets from Gaza, 1,150 intercepted
On the military front, an Israeli spokesman explained that 2,900 rockets had been launched towards Israel from Gaza since the beginning of the conflict, but 450 of them proved to be defective and fell inside the Strip. The Iron Dome batteries intercepted 1,150 rockets. Still others fell in open areas. In the past 24 hours, according to the spokesman, Israel has hit 90 Hamas and Islamic Jihad targets in Gaza.
Home Hamas Sinwar chief hit
The home of the head of the Hamas political office in the Gaza Strip, Yahya Sinwar, was also targeted. The army “attacked the homes of Yahya Sinwar and his brother Muhammd, a terrorist activist,” the army wrote on Twitter, where it posted a video showing a destroyed house. The army did not specify whether Sinwar was at home at the time of the attack. “Both buildings – the army specified – were used as military infrastructures by the Hamas terrorist organization”.
Israel: “Medium tower hid Hamas base of operations”
The Israeli army, with a post on Twitter, has returned to talk about the demolition of the international media tower in Gaza. “Yesterday we targeted an important Hamas military intelligence base in the Al Jala Tower in Gaza,” reads the post explaining the reasons for the destruction of the Gaza media tower, where the local newsrooms were also based the Associated Press agency and Al Jazeera.
According to the Israeli army, at the base housed in the tower, “information for attacks on Israel” was collected, weapons were produced and equipment was placed to obstruct the army’s operations.
“We alerted the civilians in the building to our attack concerned for their safety and gave them enough time to evacuate the building safely. Hamas and Islamic Jihad used this time to get their belongings out of the building ”. But, the army adds, “we were willing to pay that price so as not to harm any civilians.”