Israel pressed its offensive against Hamas on Thursday night as soldiers uncovered and
destroyed rocket launchers and other weapons, the Israel Defence Forces said on Friday
morning.

In the central Gaza village of Jahar al-Dikh, troops located a Hamas weapons warehouse.
Soldiers also spotted rocket launchers that had been used to fire rockets at Israel in
previous days. The launchers were destroyed in an airstrike.

Israeli forces operating in Gaza City also found large numbers of weapons, including
mortars and explosives, inside a house next to a kindergarten. In another house nearby,
a rocket launcher ready for use and aimed towards Israel was discovered, along with a
rocket-propelled grenade on a windowsill ready to be fired.

In Khan Yunis, soldiers uncovered large numbers of weapons, including military uniforms,
explosive charges, weapons, cartridges and combat equipment, inside a residential
home.

Meanwhile, an Air Force fighter jet directed by ground forces killed a Hamas terrorist
placing explosive charges and struck a terror squad that endangered the Israelis.