TEL AVIV, November 28. /TASS/. Israeli artillery fired some 90,000 rounds and 200 high-precision missiles at military targets during Israel’s operation against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said.

According to the IDF, more than 100,000 rounds were fired during the combat operations. More than 90,000 of them were fired at targets in the Gaza Strip. Apart from that, more than 200 high-precision missiles were fired at dozens of targets.

Tensions flared up again in the Middle East on October 7 after militants from the Gaza Strip-based radical Palestinian group Hamas launched a surprise incursion on Israeli territory, killing many Israeli kibbutz residents living near the Gaza border and abducting more than 200 Israelis, including women, children and the elderly. Hamas described its attack as a response to Israeli authorities’ aggressive actions against the Al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City. Israel declared a total blockade of the Gaza Strip and launched bombardments of the enclave and some areas in Lebanon and Syria, as well as a ground operation against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Clashes are also reported in the West Bank.

Hamas announced on November 22 that an agreement on a four-day humanitarian ceasefire in the Gaza Strip had been reached through the mediation of Qatar and Egypt. The ceasefire came into force in the Gaza Strip from 8:00 a.m. local time (5:00 a.m. GMT) on November 24.