Troops of the 7th Brigade operated in Khan Yunis and on the outskirts of Deir al-Balah, where they killed terrorists and destroyed compounds used by terrorists above and below ground.
The network of tunnels consisted of multiple branches and rooms, inside of which the troops found stored weapons and means for long-term stay used by Hamas terrorists.
Soldiers are investigating and neutralizing discovered tunnel routes and have said that they will destroy all underground routes in the area.
Mohammed al-Jabari's role in the terror group was to finance weapon manufacturing infrastructure for the Islamic Jihad in northern Gaza.
Recent intelligence revealed new details about the raid in Khan Yunis that retrieved the bodies of five hostages, located in underground tunnels.
Brigade 401 has been conducting operations in the Tel al-Sultan and Shabura neighborhoods in Rafah, Gaza Strip, over the past few weeks.
Nahal Brigade targeted terrorists embedded in a school and located a tunnel shaft in the schoolyard.
The IDF has eliminated over 14,000 Hamas terrorists since the war began, intensifying operations to dismantle Hamas's military infrastructure and command capabilities across Gaza.
Hamas uses civilian homes to stockpile weapons, dresses its fighters as civilians and moves through an extensive tunnel network to sneak up on and ambush Israeli soldiers.
During a two-week mission, paratrooper reconnaissance soldiers engaged in face-to-face combat with terrorists, destroyed combat zones, and neutralized booby-trapped buildings.
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