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IDF and Shin Bet raid Hamas command centre in Gaza
Israeli forces have surrounded Jabalya and are closing in on Khan Younis in southern Gaza
December 5, 2023 10:15
Israeli forces have surrounded Jabalya and are closing in on Khan Younis in southern Gaza
December 5, 2023 10:15(JNS) The Israel Defense Forces continued to expand its activities against Hamas in Gaza over the past 24 hours, reporting on Tuesday morning that troops were conducting operations in the Jabalya area.
Israeli forces were targeting Hamas strongholds and destroying terror infrastructure after completing the encirclement of the Jabalya camp in the north of the Strip, according to the IDF. The IDF and Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) conducted a targeted raid on a Hamas Internal Security Force command and control centre in Jabalya, locating observation and control materials, weapons and maps.
On Monday, troops struck buildings used by Hamas's elite "Nukhba" unit, which led the Oct. 7 massacre in southern Israel. Soldiers also killed Hamas terrorists and destroyed rockets found in the garden of a private residence in the northern Strip.
כוחות אוגדה 162 פועלים במרחב ג׳באליה, זאת לאחר שהשלימו את שלב כיתור המחנה. ביממה האחרונה הכוחות פעלו במעוזי חמאס במרחב והשמידו תשתיות טרור. הלוחמים סיכלו תשתיות טרור, איתרו אמצעי לחימה ומשגרים במבנים אזרחים, והכווינו כוחות אוויריים שתקפו מחבלים>> pic.twitter.com/L2NAyQED1q
The Israeli Navy also struck "dozens" of terror targets, including compounds from which terrorists fired mortar shells at Israeli forces.
Israeli artillery and airstrikes continued throughout the Gaza Strip and especially in the southern city of Khan Younis overnight Monday, where troops were closing in on the Hamas stronghold, according to reports.
The IDF on Tuesday published the names of three more soldiers killed in action in the Gaza Strip after notifying their families. They are all from the 188th Armored Brigade's 53rd Battalion:
Staff Sgt. Tuval Yaakov Tsanani, 20, from Kiryat Gat; Sgt. Yakir Yedidya Schenkolewski, 21, from Migdal Oz; and Cpt. Eitan Fisch, 23, from Peduel.
At least 88 IDF soldiers have been killed in action in Gaza, at the Lebanon border and in Judea and Samaria since the start of the IDF ground operation in Gaza on Oct. 27; 404 Israeli soldiers have died since the war started on Oct. 7.