Three of the buildings attacked last night in the Hamas Gaza city government complex were severely hit and are no longer fit for use. The buildings were the center in which Hamas concentrated its leadership as well as the administrative mechanisms that provided the funding and support for its terrorist activities.

The offices of the ministers, vice ministers and senior personnel of Hamas's Finance Ministry, Foreign Ministry, Labor Ministry and the Construction and Housing Ministry were targeted and destroyed.

The targeting of strategic governmental targets follows the continued firing by Hamas of rockets at Israel civilians, and as a part of the IDF operation against Hamas infrastructure in the Gaza Strip.

Additional targets have been attacked today. The operation will continue as long as needed on the basis of ongoing security assessments.