The IDF announced on Monday that Nahal Brigade troops, operating under the Gaza Division command, have carried out narrow and focused operations on terrorist sites around Rafah in recent months, based on highly specific intelligence as opposed to earlier stages in the war when Israeli invasions of areas of Gaza were broader and more fluid.
Recently, some of these operations led to both the elimination of multiple terrorists and the finding of weapons storage facilities with enemy ammunition stockpiles left behind in the Shabura neighborhood of Rafah.
In a search near a mosque and hospital, the brigade’s engineering forces dismantled a weapons storage facility containing observation equipment, drones, manufacturing supplies, explosive devices, and dozens of mortar shells.
Additionally, the brigade struck multiple terrorist infrastructure sites, armed cells, anti-tank missile sites, weapons storage locations, and underground facilities.
West Bank operations
Overnight, IDF, Shin Bet, and Border Police forces carried out counterterror operations, apprehending eight suspects across multiple locations in Judea and Samaria.
In the Etzion Region, forces detained a wanted suspect in Beit Ummar, seizing dozens of canisters containing explosives. In Rabud, within the Yehuda Region, soldiers confiscated an M-16 rifle, while in Jalazone, part of the Binyamin Region, a handgun was seized. Several individuals were also questioned for suspected terror activity.
Additionally, operations in villages across the Ephraim Division led to the arrest of four suspects, with the seizure of a drone and military equipment. In Nablus, under the Shomron Division, three more suspects were detained.
No injuries were reported among the security forces.