IDF locates rocket launchers targeting Ashkelon in northern Gaza

In statement military says troops find launchers in town of Beit Lahiya from where southern Israeli city comes under attack; forces also kill Nukhba forces in airstrike
The IDF said on Sunday that its forces in Gaza located and destroyed dozens of rocket launchers that were by used to target the southern city of Ashkelon.
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The launchers were found in the town of Beit Lahiya, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.
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IDF locates cluster of rocket launchers targeting Ashkelon
IDF locates cluster of rocket launchers targeting Ashkelon
IDF locates cluster of rocket launchers targeting Ashkelon
(Photo: IDF)
The military also said it had identified four Nukhba terrorists loading arms into a car and attacked and eliminated them in an air strike.
In the statement, the IDF said forces found a weapons production facility and two nearby tunnel shafts and that an armed terrorist who was approaching troops was shot and killed.
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IDF locates cluster of rocket launchers targeting Ashkelon
IDF locates cluster of rocket launchers targeting Ashkelon
IDF locates cluster of rocket launchers targeting Ashkelon
(Photo: IDF)
The IDF Arabic language Spokesperson Lt. Col. Avichay Adraee on Sunday called on Gaza residents to use the el Rashid humanitarian route to head south and escape the fighting while the Salah a Din route would be closed.
He also said that there would be a pause in fighting around Rafah in the south of the Strip, between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. to allow aid trucks in.
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