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The IAF continued its assault on Gaza terrorist targets on Wednesday afternoon, bombing a Gaza City mosque and destroying a large number of rockets hidden inside.Channel 10 reported that the IAF had received high-level orders to hit the mosque after Hamas terror operatives had run there with several rockets and Grad-type missiles.The army said that the mosque, located in the western part of Gaza City, was used to store weapons and explosives and that terrorists had been using the building as cover when firing rockets at southern Israel.The most recent rocket launch from the mosque occurred on Wednesday morning, the military said in a statement.The strike set off numerous secondary explosions, caused by the munitions stockpiled in the mosque.In recent days joint IDF and ISA intelligence efforts produced information that terrorists were hoarding weapons in the mosque and carrying out rocket attacks against Israeli communities from its grounds, as well as using it as a place of hiding, the IDF said.Meanwhile, a senior IDF officer said that IAF fighter jets had carried out some 500 sorties against Hamas targets in Gaza in Operation Cast Lead and helicopters had flown hundreds more combat missions.The officer claimed 95 percent of the intended targets were hit. He said all efforts were made to avoid civilian casualties, including calling residents on their phones to warn them their buildings were about to be hit.The officer spoke on condition of anonymity in line with military regulations.Gaza officials put the death toll at more than 390 dead and 1,600 wounded since the operation began on Saturday. Hamas said some 200 uniformed members of Hamas security forces had been killed, and the UN reported that at least 60 Palestinian civilians had died. Meanwhile, Israel said it would allow 2,000 tons of food and medical supplies to enter Gaza on Wednesday, in addition to 4,000 tons the military says have been allowed in since the offensive began. Several dozen chronically ill and wounded Gazans were also authorized to enter Israel for treatment Wednesday, the military said.... By JPOST.COM STAFF, YAAKOV KATZ AND AP
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