The Israel Defense Forces said Thursday it had completed demolishing Hamas’s main rocket and weapons manufacturing industrial zone in the central Gaza Strip, along with a vast tunnel network beneath it that housed some of the facilities.
The development came as the army said troops reached the southernmost point of their ground offensive in Gaza so far on Thursday as they intensified operations across the south of the Palestinian territory.
At the same time, a UN rights expert accused Israel Thursday of breaking international law with its “relentless” bombardment of Gaza.
Parts of the weapons manufacturing facility were shown to reporters, including The Times of Israel, during a media tour earlier this month on Salah a-Din road in the Bureij area.
The IDF said troops located additional sites recently, in the Maghazi area, and between Bureij and Nuseirat. READ MORE