[Dr. Aaron Lerner - IMRA: An Israel Television correspondent ridiculed Arab
claims that the facility was an innocent civilian structure, pointing out
than anyone with even a minimum of understanding who saw the video of the
attack would understand that the series of explosions that followed the hit
evidence the large quantities of explosive material that was stored in the
facility]

July 24th 2006
IDF SPOKESPERSON ANNOUNCEMENT

IDF targets main Islamic Jihad weapons manufacturing facility

Earlier today, July 24th 2006, the IDF carried out an aerial attack in the
city of Gaza, targeting the main weapons storage facility of the Islamic
Jihad terror organization in Gaza city. The facility had been used, among
other things, for the assembly and storage of Katyusha rockets.

A number of Islamic Jihad terrorists who were inside the facility were
apparently hit during the attack.

The attack is part of a series of attacks targeting weapons facilities in
the Gaza Strip which the IDF has conducted in the past day.

The IDF will continue to act with determination against Palestinian terror
infrastructure in the Gaza Strip to create the conditions for the return of
Cpl. Gilad Shalit and to stop terror attacks and the launching of rockets
towards Israel.