The Israeli army said on Wednesday it had discovered “one of the largest weapons depots in the Gaza Strip” near civilian buildings, storing various types of weapons such as rockets, rocket launchers and drones.
‘One of the largest weapons caches in the Gaza Strip was discovered near a clinic and a school in the north’ from the Palestinian enclave by a military unit, the Israeli army said in a statement.
This deposit has been saved “hundreds of RPG anti-tank rocket launchers and their ammunition, dozens of anti-tank missiles, dozens of explosives, long-range missiles intended to reach central Israel, dozens of grenades and drones” [aparelhos não tripulados]”mentioned the same informational note.
“The soldiers confiscated the weapons. Some were destroyed on the spot, others were sent for investigation.”indicated the same source, specifying that the deposition had been discovered “among the civilian population”.
“This is further evidence of Hamas’ cynical use of Gaza Strip residents as human shields”assured the Israeli military source.
Israel has been carrying out a major ground offensive in the Gaza Strip since October 27, after three weeks of intensive bombing, in response to the attack by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas in southern Israel on October 7, which killed more than 1,200 people. ., mainly civilians, 5,000 wounded and about 240 hostages.
Israeli military operations have already caused more than 16,000 deaths in the Gaza Strip, 70% of them women and children, according to the Health Ministry overseen by Hamas, which has controlled the Palestinian enclave since 2007.
Source: DN
