Another IDF report said Israeli fighter jets had already attacked a number of Hamas targets in Gaza, including a military complex and an arms depot. In addition, in Jebaliya (a city in the north of the enclave), a control center “which was used by Hamas to carry out terror against Israel” was struck, another report said.

The IDF has been striking the Gaza Strip for several days. This was in response to a Hamas attack on the country on the morning of October 7. The attack by Palestinian militants was accompanied by a massive rocket attack on Israeli cities, militant incursions into the southern regions and the taking of hostages. The Israeli army, a few days after the attack, reported that it had regained control over all settlements in the south of the country and over the border with the Gaza Strip.

In Israel, as a result of the Hamas attack, according to the latest data provided by the state television and radio company Kan, more than 900 people were killed and 2.6 thousand were injured. According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, at least 770 people were killed in Gaza, and 4 thousand were injured, Al Jazeera reports.