The Israeli military struck a weapons production site in Gaza City on Sunday afternoon, according to local reports. Smoke was seen rising from the area. No details on casualties or specific targets have been released.
The Israeli military struck a weapons production site in Gaza City on Sunday afternoon, with smoke rising from the area. The strike is the latest in a series of Israeli operations in western Gaza City today. According to Palestinian sources, the death toll from the strike has risen to four, and the total number of fatalities from IDF fire across the Strip since morning has reached seven. The Israeli military has not issued an official statement on the operation or the reported casualties.
The sequence of events began just after 14:00 Jerusalem, when an Israeli drone struck the Beit Afana workshop on al-Sanaa Street in western Gaza City with three missiles, according to reports via Abu Ali Express. Casualties were initially reported. Shortly afterward, the IDF issued an evacuation warning for the same location. A later report indicated that the strike targeted a weapons lathe and that two operatives were killed. By 14:07, Gazan sources reported that the death toll from the workshop strike had risen to four, and that seven people had been killed across the Strip by IDF fire since morning. The reports remain unconfirmed by official Israeli sources.
The Zioneer has previously reported on IDF strikes targeting terror infrastructure in western Gaza City (June 22) and artillery strikes on the Sanafur junction in eastern Gaza City (July 10), as part of broader military operations in the area.
The number of casualties and the identity of those killed are still unverified by Israeli sources. The IDF has not confirmed the target or provided details on the operation.
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