The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) struck the Gaza Strip on Wednesday morning after five rockets were fired from the Strip toward the Sderot area in southern Israel on Tuesday night.
All five rockets were intercepted by the Iron Dome. A house in Sderot was hit by shrapnel from one of the rockets. No injuries were reported.
This came just hours after the IDF withdrew its forces from Jenin after completing the operation.
The IDF stated that it struck an underground facility used by Hamas’s chemical division to manufacture weapons, as well as a Hamas site for the manufacture of raw materials for rockets.
“This attack constitutes an injury to the ability of the terrorist organization Hamas to strengthen and arm itself,” the IDF said.
“The terrorist organization Hamas bears responsibility for what is happening in the Gaza Strip and is the one who will pay for the security violations against the State of Israel,” it added.
