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🔺4:25pm – IDF targets Islamic Jihad tunnel in Gaza
🔺6:37pm – 2 Islamic Jihad terrorists preparing to fire rockets at Israel struck by IDF
🔺7:51pm – IDF strikes Islamic Jihad terror posts in Gaza
🔺10:23pm – 3 Islamic Jihad terrorists responsible for firing rockets targeted
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IDF aircraft just destroyed rocket launchers in #Gaza that Islamic Jihad planned to use to destroy Israeli homes.
#JiHadEnough
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Some Israelis won't be going to sleep tonight because Islamic Jihad rockets destroyed their homes.
IDF soldiers won't be going to sleep tonight because we'll be doing all we can to defend them.
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Dear world,
This morning we killed an Islamic Jihad commander in #Gaza. This is why you should care:
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The Israeli Air Force just targeted 3 Islamic Jihad terrorists who fired rockets from #Gaza at Israeli civilians earlier today.
Terror target civilians.
Israel targets terror.
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This is what's been happening in Israel today:
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The past 14 hours in Israel:
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IDF soldiers helped evacuate the children's ward of the Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon today after rockets were fired at it by Islamic Jihad in Gaza.
Children are NOT targets.
Hospitals are NOT targets.
Civilians are NOT targets.
...the terrorists who target them, are.
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Since approx. 5:00am, Islamic Jihad in Gaza have been firing rockets at Israeli civilians.
Continuously.
The time is now 5:00pm.
That's 12 hours of rocket attacks.
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The Israeli Air Force just struck the opening of an Islamic Jihad underground terror tunnel in #Gaza. They planned to use it to attack Israeli civilians.
Above and below ground, we will continue to defend Israeli civilians.
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🔺2:50pm - Dozens more rockets fired from Gaza at Israel. IDF strikes Islamic Jihad terror targets in Gaza including:
• training compounds
• underground weapon manufacturing sites
• weapon storage facilities
🔺4:00pm - IDF strikes additional Islamic Jihad targets.
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Islamic Jihad continues to fire rockets at Israeli homes. Our tanks just targeted Islamic Jihad terror targets in #Gaza.
Terror targets civilians.
We target terror.
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When terrorists fire rockets from #Gaza at Israeli civilians, they do so indiscriminately.
What IDF fighter jets are about to do against Islamic Jihad in Gaza, is not.
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🚨Air-raid sirens sounding across southern Israel🚨
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Islamic Jihad in Gaza aims to kill Israeli civilians.
We.
Will.
Stop.
Them.
#JiHadEnough
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A number of Islamic Jihad terrorists were preparing to launch more rockets from Gaza toward Israeli civilians.
We targeted them before they could.
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LTG Aviv Kohavi, IDF Chief of General Staff:
"Baha Abu Al Ata was the senior commander of Islamic Jihad in Gaza, responsible for most attacks emanating from Gaza over the last year...he was a ticking time-bomb...there was a window of opportunity that we utilized precisely."
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🔺 11:01am - IDF targets 2 Islamic Jihad operatives preparing to launch rockets at Israel
🔺 12:11pm - IDF fighter jets strike Islamic Jihad terror targets in Gaza
🔺 12:22pm - More rockets fired at Israel
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OPERATIONAL RECAP:
🔺4:00am - IDF conducts surgical strike of Islamic Jihad commander in Gaza, Baha Abu Al Ata
🔺5:51am - Islamic Jihad in Gaza begins intense rocket fire at Israel
🔺7:59am - Rocket fire at Tel Aviv
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🚨RIGHT NOW: More rockets being fired from Gaza at Israeli civilians🚨
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Our fighter jets have begun striking Islamic Jihad terror targets in Gaza.
#JiHadEnough
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Islamic Jihad is a terror group in Gaza. Its stated goal is the annihilation of Israel. Today they fired dozens of rockets into Israel.
We watched as 2 Islamic Jihad operatives prepared to fire more rockets.
We targeted them before they could target us.
#JiHadEnough
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Islamic Jihad has killed thousands of civilians around the world & today they are once again targeting Israeli civilians with rockets.
Like this one that hit an Israeli highway during rush hour this morning:
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