It is the largest lathe and weapons manufacturing site that the IDF has found anywhere in Gaza.
These various weapons systems were found only after traversing 100 meters of tunnel space in an area that itself had been identified by Israeli intelligence as requiring deeper investigation.
IDF forces killed a number of Nukhba terrorists and located and destroyed a launch site from where rockets were fired toward Ashkelon.
An hour after the first wave of alerts, numerous additional hostile aircraft intrusion alerts sounded in another part of the Israeli north, including areas such as the Golan Heights.
The IDF confirmed that numerous rockets had been fired at Israel from Lebanon.
Despite Israeli military success against Hamas, the transition to the lower-intensity "stage 3" could allow the terror group the chance to regain its military foothold in the Strip.
Troops from the Golani Brigade recovered weapons and ammunition from within a civilian building, reportedly including dozens of shoulder-fired missiles and grenades.