Israel Hamas War: Day 34 - On patrol in Gaza with Israeli troops | What we know so far

Israel Hamas War: Day 34 - On patrol in Gaza with Israeli troops | What we know so far

ISRAELI troops yesterday blew up a missile dump hidden in plain sight by Hamas terror chiefs on the golden sands of a Gaza beach.

Twenty rockets with a 125-mile range were stored - one on top of the other - inside a locked shipping container.

It was moved here by Hamas to be among innocent civilians enjoying the crystal blue waters of the Mediterranean.

Families from the local neighbourhoods of Jabalia, Rimal and Atatra had flocked here before the war.

But for the bloodthirsty hierarchy of Hamas their ordinary lives simply provided the perfect cover.

The evil terror group hid their deadly arsenal here and in the densely populated streets nearby: next to hotels, cafes and even kindergartens.

They didn't know it or chose to ignore it, but the Palestinians living in this district were used as human shields.

We were led onto the beach by a crack unit of bomb disposal experts from the Israeli Defence Force and taken to the container.

It's not immediately obvious but upon closer inspection the prominent cones of 20 warheads are ever so slightly poking out.

Major Maayan Mulla tells me: "These rockets can reach the northern Israeli port city of Haifa.

We also went inside the lair where Hamas terrorists plotted Israel kibbutz atrocity with 3D model and grenades yards from kids’ bedroom

TOYS, children’s clothes and football stickers lay yards from a bomb factory in the rubble of a Hamas HQ shown to The Sun.

Just a month ago a battalion commander and his terror troops used this four-bed flat to plot the cross-border kill-and-kidnap spree that triggered war.

Israeli troops have since shelled the home into oblivion and poured tanks into Gaza.

Everywhere they go they find evidence of where the terror plot began.

At the flat, soldiers showed us a crude 3D model of what they strongly suspect is a kibbutz targeted in the October 7 attacks which saw 1,400 slaughtered and 240 taken hostage.

Israel’s retaliatory Operation Iron Sword is in full swing and they refuse to stop until Hamas is no more.

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