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13 hours ago
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IDF destroys terror infrastructure in Gaza's Beit Hanun, Khan Yunis
IDF soldiers destroyed a Khan Yunis terror tunnel complex approximately 3.5 km long, which contained several tunnels, including sleeping quarters for terrorists. Soldiers from the IDF's Givati Brigade, under the 162nd Division, as well as the 646th and Northern Gaza Brigades, under the 99th Division, operated in Gaza's Beit Hanun, killing dozens of terrorists and dismantling terror infrastructure, the military confirmed on Tuesday. Givati Brigade soldiers, along with IDF Combat Engineers, dismantled a launcher used by Hamas terrorists to fire rockets towards Israel, the military added. 646th Brigade reservists located an explosives site and coordinated with an Israel Air Force aircraft to strike and dismantle it, the military confirmed. Northern Gaza Brigade soldiers also coordinated with the IAF to kill an armed terrorist carrying weapons in Beit Hanun. Additionally, soldiers from the IDF's Kfir Brigade and Yahalom Combat Engineers, operating under the IDF's 36th Division, mapped and destroyed a terror tunnel complex in the Gaza Strip's Khan Yunis, the military confirmed in a separate statement on Tuesday. The tunnel complex was approximately 3.5 km long and contained several tunnels, which included sleeping quarters for terrorists, the military noted. Kfir Brigade soldiers also destroyed an explosive storage facility and located weapons in the area, seizing them, the military added. Further, the IDF published footage of IAF fighter jet pilots conducting strikes against terrorists from Hezbollah's Radwan Force in south Lebanon's Bekaa Valley earlier on Tuesday. The targets struck included training camps and ammunition storage centers, The Jerusalem Post previously reported. Additionally, the IDF published video footage showing strikes conducted on Syria's security forces amid clashes with the Druze population in Sweida, southern Syria. Yonah Jeremy Bob contributed to this report.
Yahoo
4 days ago
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IDF targets Hamas, PIJ explosives, observation posts in bid to stop ambushes on troops
On Tuesday, the IDF announced that five soldiers were killed, and 14 were wounded in Beit Hanun by an explosive device Hamas terrorists planted. The IDF has dismantled numerous Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad explosives and observation posts used to ambush troops in the areas of Shejaia and Zeitoun in Gaza City over the past two days, the military said Saturday. The Israeli air force killed dozens of terrorists operating in the same area. In the area of Beit Hanun, soldiers killed numerous terrorists and dismantled terror infrastructure above and below ground, and weapons. On Tuesday, the IDF announced that five soldiers were killed, and 14 were wounded in Beit Hanun by an explosive device, most of them from the Netzah Yehuda Battalion in the Kfir Brigade. Hamas had placed improvised explosive devices just before the soldiers entered the area between Air Force and artillery barrages that were conducted in order to pave a safe path for the infantry, according to the IDF. The Air Force struck a total of about 250 targets throughout Gaza in the past two days, including terrorists, booby-trapped structures, weapons storage facilities, anti-tank missile launch sites, sniper posts, tunnels, and more. There have been several soldiers who were killed throughout Gaza by explosives planted by terrorists, ambushes, snipers, and anti-tank missile fire. The IDF announced on Wednesday that St.-Sgt.-Maj. (res.) Abraham Azulay was killed in Khan Yunis in Gaza after terrorists emerged from a tunnel and tried to abduct him. Last week, the IDF announced the death of Sgt. Asaf Zamir, who was also killed in Khan Yunis when a terrorist fired an anti-tank missile at the tank he was in. In the same incident, four soldiers were wounded.
