IDF finds launch pit after Hamas claims it fired rocket from Jenin - report
The IDF has not yet finished the investigation
According to the spokesperson of the Gilboa Regional Council, the IDF located "what appears to be a launch pit for a rocket" on the Palestinian territory close to the separation fence.
However, the spokesperson emphasized that it was preliminary report and "the IDF has not finished the investigation."
Earlier on Thursday, Hamas' Al-Qassam Bridages claimed to have fired a rocket at the Israeli settlement of Ram On in the Jenin area in the West Bank.
"We were able to bomb Ram On settlement in the Jenin area with a Qassam 1 missile in response to the aggression of the occupation and settlers on Al-Aqsa," the terrorist group was quoted as saying.
This comes shortly after Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and hundreds of Jews visited the holy site of Temple Mount in Jerusalem, where Al-Aqsa mosque is situated and Jewish prayers are prohibited, on occasion of Tisha B'Av fasting holiday. Such visits spark anger in the Arab world and often lead to tensions in the West Bank.