IDF takes out Hamas TV station, 3 terror tunnels

Israeli forces bombed a Hamas television station in Gaza after the IDF issued a warning that the facility would be targeted.

By Associated Press and World Israel News Staff

An Israeli airstrike hit Hamas’ Gaza-based Al-Aqsa TV station, a media outlet used by the terror group to incite riots and anti-Israeli violence.

The station went off the air after the airstrike. Minutes earlier, it halted its programming and was broadcasting a still image of its logo after the building was hit by a warning missile.

Shortly thereafter, three loud explosions were heard and the screen turned black.

Witnesses say the blast destroyed the entire building, and explosions illuminated the night sky.

Workers evacuated the building after the warning shots. It was not clear whether there were any casualties.

The strike occurred after Israel’s military warned that it was prepared to step up its efforts against Palestinian terror groups in the Gaza Strip if rocket fire at Israel continues.

Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus, a military spokesman, said Monday that Israel has boosted forces near the Gaza border with additional infantry troops, defensive systems and intelligence units.

Conricus told reporters that the army has so far struck dozens of targets belonging to the Palestinian terror  groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad.

Among the sites Israel hit were three attack tunnels, Times of Israel reported.

Conricus stated that some 200 rockets struck Israel on Monday.

Israel retaliated with around 70 counterstrikes, targeting rocket-launching cells and other positions.

以色列军队轰炸了加沙哈马斯电视台，以色列国防军发出警告称该设施将成为袭击目标。

美联社和世界以色列新闻工作者

以色列的空袭袭击了哈马斯设在加沙的阿克萨电视台，该电视台是恐怖组织用来煽动暴乱和反以色列暴力的媒体渠道。

空袭后，电台停止了广播。几分钟前，它停止了节目制作，并在大楼被一枚警告导弹击中后播放其标志的静止图像。

此后不久，听到了三声巨响，屏幕变黑了。

目击者称爆炸摧毁了整个建筑，爆炸照亮了夜空。

工人们在警报发出后撤离了大楼。目前尚不清楚是否有人员伤亡。

袭击发生之前，以色列军方警告说，如果继续向以色列发射火箭弹，它准备加紧打击加沙地带的巴勒斯坦恐怖组织。

军方发言人乔纳森·康里克斯中校星期一说，以色列在加沙边界附近增派了部队，增派了步兵部队、防御系统和情报单位。

康里科斯告诉记者，到目前为止，军队已经击中了属于巴勒斯坦恐怖组织哈马斯和伊斯兰圣战组织的数十个目标。

据以色列时报报道，以色列袭击的地点有三条攻击隧道。

Conricus说星期一大约有200枚火箭袭击了以色列。

以色列以大约70次反击来报复，瞄准火箭发射基地和其他阵地。