In the wide scale effort to stop terrorists from continuing their barrage of rocket launches into Israel, the IDF Wednesday caused extensivedamage tothe long-termlaunchcapabilities(over40km)of HamasandIslamicJihad. The army also caused significant damage toundergrounddelivery systemsand weaponswarehousesin their efforts to weaken theterrorist organizationsin Gaza.
The army saidthat the purpose ofthe attack is todisrupt thelaunch capabilitiesof the terrorist organizations andto hit their stockpiles of weapons.
Gaza is ruled by Hamas and serves as an Iranian proxy, which puts thecitizens of Israelunder constant rocketfireand unbearable threats.
An IDF sourcetoldArutz Shevathat thetargets hitwere identifiedbyaccurateintelligenceand exact information gathered in recent months.Many of the weaponsstorage siteswere locatedin residential buildingsin Gaza. "This isfurther evidence of thewayHamasoperates andtheir use of the population of Gazaas ‘human shields,’" the source said.