The Israeli Defense Forces said Wednesday that it had struck multiple Hamas weapons storage facilities in central and northern Gaza over the past week, including a depot located inside a mosque.
According to the military, the storage sites held weapons intended for use against soldiers stationed along the ceasefire line and against Israeli civilians. The IDF stated the depots "were dismantled in order to remove the threat."
The IDF characterized the weapons storage inside the mosque as "an additional example of the terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip exploiting civilian infrastructure for terrorist purposes by storing weapons in the heart of the civilian population, including in religious sites, to facilitate terrorist activity."
Troops continue to operate in the enclave under a U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement "and will continue to operate to remove any threat," The military said.
The ceasefire took effect on October 10, 2025, following a two-year conflict that began when Hamas, other Palestinian groups and Gazan civilians crossed into the northwestern Negev on October 7, 2023.