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IDF Says Struck Infrastructure of Islamic Jihad in Rafah Area in Gaza

© AP Photo / Israel Defense ForcesThis photo released by the Israeli military on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023, shows ground operations inside the Gaza Strip
This photo released by the Israeli military on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023, shows ground operations inside the Gaza Strip - Sputnik International, 1920, 03.03.2024
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Saturday that it had carried out a strike against infrastructure of the Islamic Jihad movement near the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.
"Earlier today (Saturday), the IDF and ISA [Israel Securities Authority] targeted Islamic Jihad terrorists and terror infrastructure in the area of Rafah," the IDF said on Telegram.
The IDF added that the strike did not cause damage to a hospital in the area.
On October 7, 2023, Palestinian movement Hamas launched a large-scale rocket attack against Israel from Gaza and breached the border, killing 1,200 people and abducting around 240 others. Israel launched retaliatory strikes, ordered a complete blockade of Gaza, and started a ground incursion into the Palestinian enclave with the declared goal of eliminating Hamas fighters and rescuing the hostages. At least 30,320 people have been killed so far in the Gaza Strip, local authorities said.
This picture taken from a position in southern Israel near the border with the Gaza Strip shows an Israeli battle tank crossing the border into northern Gaza on February 19, 2024, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. - Sputnik International, 1920, 25.02.2024
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