IDF troops on Thursday captured a post belonging to the commander of the northern region of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terrorist organization, the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit said on Friday. The post was a major asset for weapon production.
IDF troops searched the post and removed two trucks full of weapons, including Badr-3 rocket parts (a surface-to-surface rocket), UAV parts, and intelligence materials belonging to the PIJ.
The post was used for weapon production intended to attack Israeli civilians and also contained a training tank, used by the terrorists for training to capture an IDF tank.
During the operation, an anti-tank missile was launched at the troops from an adjacent building. The troops directed a helicopter to strike the terrorist cell that launched the missile.
Furthermore, a terrorist cell fired additional shots at the troops from an adjacent courthouse and was struck by an IDF tank.
The post was located adjacent to a courthouse in Gaza and a Turkish hospital.
The operation took 12 hours and as it ended the troops destroyed the post, said the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit.
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