During the raid, the fighters located six terrorist tunnel shafts, one of them inside a mosque and one in an orchard near the mosque.
The IDF announces names of two soldiers killed in fighting in Gaza • IAF fighter jets strike a warehouse containing Hamas terrorists and weaponry
The IDF hit Hamas from the air, sea, and land, with both naval and aircraft operating in tandem with Israeli ground forces.
Despite taking losses soldiers of the Nahal brigade successfully wrested control over the communities in the region from Hamas.
Hefer pointed out how, as the Reconnaissance Brigade’s emblem is an owl, it was fitting that he should be the one to find and rescue the bird.
The IDF stated that the behavior displayed in the video is unacceptable and contrary to the values of the IDF.