WhatsappThe IDF says it has discovered and destroyed a number of rocket launchers armed with long-range projectiles in the northern Gaza Strip, along with a nearby rocket manufacturing facility belonging to the Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
Troops of the 646th Reserve Paratroopers Brigade and 179th Reserve Armored Brigade raided the Islamic Jihad rocket manufacturing plant in Gaza City’s Zeitoun neighborhood following new intelligence information.
The IDF says the soldiers located and destroyed dozens of machines, including lathes, and a large amount of chemical and explosive materials used to manufacture rockets.
It estimates that with the equipment, Islamic Jihad would have been able to build some 800 rockets.
Several rocket launchers, embedded in the ground with long-range rockets i
