Hamas rocket strikes Gaza School, Israel launches new Khan Yunis offensive
An errant rocket fired by Hamas struck a Palestinian school in Gaza, the Israel Defence Forces said on Tuesday morning.
Israeli forces in the southern Gaza Strip. Photo by TPS-IL
The rocket, launched from the central Gaza area of Maghazi on Monday, fell and struck a school in the nearby town of Nuseirat.
Meanwhile, Israeli forces launched a new offensive against Hamas in certain neighbourhoods of Khan Yunis. Numerous terrorists were eliminated by tank fire and in air strikes. More than 50 Hamas facilities in those neighbourhoods were destroyed in air strikes, including weapons storage facilities, observation posts, tunnel routes and other structures.
In Rafah, troops eliminated dozens of terrorists in targeted aerial strikes and close-quarters combat.
At least 1,200 people were killed, and 252 Israelis and foreigners were taken hostage in Hamas’s attacks on Israeli communities near the Gaza border on October 7. Of the 116 remaining hostages, more than 44 have been declared dead.
