The strikes were guided by intelligence information provided by the Intelligence Directorate, the Shin Bet, and the Southern Command.
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Based on IDF intelligence, the IAF conducted precision strikes, neutralizing dozens of Hamas terrorists and dismantling key launch sites.
Among the targets, were Hamas gathering points, and command and control centers from which terrorists carried out attack against IDF troops and the State of Israel.
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"This was one of the most important preventive operations that we have taken against the efforts of the Iranian axis to arm itself in order to attack us,” Netanyahu said.
Without air force operations plowing the road through the various air defenses over time, the area around the Maysaf facility would have been a no-go-zone for Israeli aircraft.
The IDF said the strikes were part of its attempts to "prevent Hezbollah from re-establishing weapons smuggling routes."