TEL AVIV, December 26. /TASS/. Israeli fighter jets struck over 100 targets of the Palestinian movement Hamas in Gaza in the past day, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement.

"IDF ground, air, and naval troops are continuing to strike terror targets in the Gaza Strip, including terrorist cells and military sites and infrastructure used by terrorist organizations. As part of assistance to the ground troops, dozens of IDF fighter jets struck over 100 Hamas terror targets, including tunnel shafts, infrastructure, and military sites used by the terrorist organization to attack IDF troops," the statement reads.

Last night, IDF troops identified and eliminated "an armed terrorist cell in Jabalia that attempted to plant an explosive device adjacent to an IDF tank."

Besides, "an IDF aircraft within a number of minutes struck and killed more than ten terrorists operating in the Khan Yunis."

Tensions in the Middle East flared up again on October 7 after militants from the radical Palestinian group Hamas launched a surprise incursion into Israeli territory from the Gaza Strip, killing residents of border communities and taking about 200 people, including women, children and the elderly, hostage. Hamas described its attack as a response to the aggressive actions of Israeli authorities against the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem’s Old City. Israel announced a total blockade of Gaza and started carrying out strikes on targets in the Strip, as well as on certain areas in Lebanon and Syria. Clashes are also taking place in the West Bank.