The Israeli Air Force struck dozens of targets in the Gaza Strip throughout the weekend, including terror operatives and infrastructure used by Hamas, the Israel Defense Forces said.

According to Hamas authorities in Gaza, 60 people were killed and dozens more were wounded in the strikes. The terror group’s figures do not differentiate between civilians and combatants.

The IDF said a drone strike on Friday in Gaza City’s Sabra neighborhood killed a prominent Hamas operative involved in manufacturing weapons, and in a separate incident on Friday, soldiers of the Paratroopers Brigade spotted a cell of four armed operatives and eliminated them.

The paratroopers also located and destroyed several explosive devices that had been planted in their area of operations, the IDF added.

Meanwhile, rockets were launched from southern Gaza toward Israel on Saturday, setting off alarms in the border communities of Nirim and Ein Hashlosha, the military said. The rockets landed in open areas near the communities, and no injuries or damages were reported.

On Saturday evening, the IDF reissued a wide evacuation warning for the entire Rafah and Khan Younis area in the southern Strip. It called for Palestinians residing in areas marked on a map in red to evacuate westward toward the Mawasi area on the coast.

The latest order covers much of the same areas........

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