The IDF's Nahal Brigade located weapons, destroyed terrorist infrastructure, and eliminated terrorists in the Zeitun area in the Gaza Strip, the IDF announced on Saturday.
As part of the operation, Nahal soldiers destroyed terrorist infrastructure and found several weapons, including Kalashnikovs, combat vests, and grenades.
Additionally, the soldiers identified a number of terrorists that posed a threat. An air force aircraft worked in cooperation with the brigade to eliminate the terrorists. The IDF also killed a terrorist belonging to the Palestinian Islamic Jihad who participated in the October 7 massacre.
Alongside the military's continued operations in the Strip, the IDF's Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) also announced the establishment of an additional field hospital run by the International Medical Corps in the Gaza Strip.
The hospital joins seven other field hospitals established in Gaza since the beginning of the Israel-Hamas war.
The hospital, which was established in the Deir al-Balah area in the central Gaza Strip, began operating in recent days and is part of the IDF and COGAT's initiative to bolster humanitarian aid to the civilian population of Gaza. The hospital's location is significant, as it will provide humanitarian aid to Gazan residents evacuated from the eastern Rafah area.
Hospital seeks to assist evacuees from eastern Rafah
As part of the humanitarian efforts to ensure the temporary evacuation of civilians from eastern Rafah, some existing field hospitals were transferred to the expanded Humanitarian Area in Al-Mawasi, in coordination with the international community, the IDF added. The field hospital has received an increasing number of tents, food, water, and medicine.
The hospital reportedly enables the entry of medical workers and medical equipment, including medicine, beds, food, water, tents, first aid equipment, ventilators, and other materials to construct the field hospital via the Kerem Shalom Crossing.
The field hospital will be operated by 150 international medical aid workers and dozens of beds will be prepared for emergency and routine medical treatments, the military added.
According to a KAN report, 200,000 liters of fuel were transferred to Gaza through the Kerem Shalom Crossing on Saturday. The fuel would be used for essential purposes, such as hospitals, humanitarian areas, logistical centers, and aid distribution.