Breitbart News reported on May 17 that the Israeli military launched a series of precision airstrikes on the Gaza Strip early Monday morning, destroying 15 kilometers of terrorist tunnels and the homes of Hamas commanders.
The Israeli military tweeted, “Our fighter jets wiped out 15 kilometers of the Hamas “subway” terror tunnel system overnight. 15 kilometers of terrorist tunnels is equivalent to 163 soccer fields, 46 Eiffel Towers, 34 Empire State Buildings, 18 Burj Khalifas, or nearly 2 Mount Everest, which means those 15 kilometers, can never be used for terrorist activities anymore.”
The IDF announced on Twitter last Monday evening that a senior Palestinian Islamic Jihad commander, Hassam Abu-Arbid, who commanded the terror group’s Northern Gaza Strip Brigade and was behind the firing of rockets and anti-tank missiles into Israel, was killed in a joint military and Israeli National Security Agency (Shin Bet) operation.
The IDF also raided a warehouse containing weapons located in the home of Hamas terrorists and also attacked a naval weapons warehouse belonging to Hamas.
Gaza residents awakened by the overnight fire said it was the heaviest since the war began, even more intense than a wave of airstrikes in Gaza City the day before, which killed 42 people and flattened three buildings.
In an interview Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, “We are trying to weaken Hamas’ terror capabilities and weaken their willingness to do it again. So this will take some time. I hope it won’t take long, but it’s not going to be done right away.”
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