IDF Says Troops Successfully Attacked More Than 100 Hamas Targets In Gaza Last Night

Illustration of Israeli fighter jets. (Wikimedia Commons/Amit Agronov/IDF Spokesperson's Unit)

JAKARTA - The Israeli military managed to strike more than 100 targets linked to the Palestinian militant group Hamas in Gaza overnight, according to a joint statement issued by Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Israel's Security Authority on Friday.

"Last night, IDF fighter jets attacked more than a hundred targets belonging to the Hamas organization, including underground tunnels, arsenals and dozens of operational command centers," the statement read.

The attack killed Hamas militants and killed a member of the Hamas navy, Amjad Majed Muhammad Abu 'Odeh, who is believed to have been involved in the October 7 attack in southern Israel, the IDF said.

Hamas' assets and weapons located in a mosque in the Jabaliya neighborhood in Gaza were also destroyed.

According to the statement, the mosque was used as a "observation post and hiding place for the Hamas group".

Separately, residents of Kiryat Shmona in northern Israel have been ordered to evacuate, according to a statement issued by Israel's Ministry of Defense on Friday.

Located near the Lebanese border, Kiryat Shmona is home to 23,000 residents, said j

The ministry said its residents would be relocated to subsidized foreign tourists.

The evacuation was approved by Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and will be led by the local city government along with the Ministry of Tourism and the Ministry of Defense.

Earlier this week, the IDF and other agencies announced plans to evacuate 28 communities living within 2 kilometers from the Lebanese border. Kiryat Shmona was not on the list at the time, but was within its radius.

As of October 19, the death toll on the Israeli side was around 1,400 people and 4,500 others were injured according to the IDF. Meanwhile, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said 3,785 people were killed and 12,000 injured. That includes more than 1,500 children, 1,000 women and 120 elderly