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IDF Updates – December 28th

IDF: Over the past few hours, a number of launches were identified crossing from Lebanon toward various areas in northern Israel that fell in an open area. The IDF struck the sources of fire and additional areas in Lebanon.

A short while ago, IDF fighter jets struck a number of terrorist infrastructure, as well as Hezbollah military sites.

In addition, three hostile aircraft were identified crossing from Lebanon that fell in the Har Dov area. The incident has concluded.

Attached is a related video: https://bit.ly/3voIHRq


IDF: Chief of Staff of the Israeli Air Force, Brigadier General Omer Tischler:

“The Israeli Air Force, together with the Ground Forces, will continue to conduct a precise, focused, and professional campaign in accordance with international law.”

Please find attached the full statement of the Chief of Staff of the Israeli Air Force, Brigadier General Omer Tischler:
https://www.idf.il/167057


IDF: The Chief of the General Staff in the Northern Command: “The IDF, including the Northern Command, is in a state of very high readiness.”

Today (Wednesday), the Chief of the General Staff conducted a situational assessment and approved plans in the Northern Command, along with the Commanding Officer of the Northern Command, Major General Ori Gordin, and other commanders.

The Chief of the General Staff: “Our first task is to safely return the residents, and this will take time. Today, we approved plans for a variety of contingencies, and we need to be prepared to strike if required. The IDF and within it the Northern Command are in a state of very high readiness. So far, the campaign here has been managed correctly and meticulously, and it must continue this way. We will not return the residents without both security and a sense of security.”

Attached is related footage:
https://bit.ly/4auYzCl

Attached are related photos: https://idfanc.activetrail.biz/ANC27122354321


IDF: The IDF located and destroyed three terror tunnel shafts belonging to the Hamas terror organization near the Rantisi Hospital and in the nearby High School; the tunnel shafts, dozens of meters deep, are connected by an underground network passing under the hospital and leading to the heart of Gaza City

In recent weeks, IDF soldiers led by the 401st Brigade of the 162nd Division, in cooperation with Flotilla 13 and the ‘Yahalom’ Unit, located and searched three operational tunnel shafts near the Rantisi Hospital. ‘Yahalom’ soldiers searched the area along with the shafts and tunnels – using a variety of means for mapping the tunnels’ topography and the connections between the shafts. This operation revealed that the shafts are connected by a wide underground network passing under the hospital, spanning several kilometers, and leading to strategic points in the heart of Gaza City. The tunnel in Rantisi is close to a school and leads to another school in the area. The tunnel also served as a command and control center for conducting combat in the northern Gaza Strip and for carrying out terrorist attacks.

The operational shaft located in a girls’ school in the area is about 20 meters deep and includes an elevator and electrical infrastructure. Following intelligence information directed by Unit 504 of the Intelligence Directorate, another operational shaft was located inside one of the hideout residences used by one of the commanders of Hamas’ naval unit in the Gaza Strip. In the tunnels’ topography, junctions and blast-doors were located – designed to prevent IDF soldiers from breaking in and to protect against damage to the tunnel infrastructure.

In a joint operation of soldiers from the ‘Yahalom’ Unit and engineering soldiers from the 14th Brigade, the tunnel infrastructure and shafts were destroyed.

The exposure of the shafts near the hospital and school once again demonstrate Hamas’ cynical use of the civilian population. Exposing Hamas’ use of the residents of the Gaza Strip, including refugees and children, as human shields.

Additionally, during combat in the area of the hospital, soldiers of the 401st and 460th brigades killed dozens of terrorists. As part of the activity, the Tzabar Battalion and the 52nd Battalion carried out raids and scans of buildings in the hospital area, where significant terror infrastructure was found, including command and control centers, media equipment, maps, aids, and numerous weapons.

Attached is footage of the area of the tunnel shaft and footage of the tunnel interior that was found near the Rantisi Hospital:
https://bit.ly/4azIyuM

Attached is footage of another shaft found near the Rantisi Hospital:
https://bit.ly/3vhs0HS

Attached is footage of the demolition of the shafts near the Rantisi Hospital:
https://bit.ly/3NJTYCh

Attached is an aerial photo of the area of the Rantisi Hospital and the location of the nearby tunnel shafts: https://IDFANC.activetrail.biz/ANC271220232148

Attached is footage of IDF soldiers’ operations in the area of the Rantisi Hospital:
https://bit.ly/479D2Mw

Attached is footage of the findings in the area of the hospital, presented by the commander of the Zabar Battalion from the 401st Brigade Team, LTC Aviran:
https://bit.ly/41EPa7d

Attached is a sync of a commander in the Yahalom Unit, Major “N”:
https://bit.ly/3vfBqDC


IDF: IDF Spokesperson, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari:

”Our first task is to restore security and the sense of security to the residents in the north, and this will take time.”

IDF: Please find attached the translated evening briefing, followed by a briefing in English by the IDF Spokesperson, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari: https://www.idf.il/167109


IDF: Over the past few hours, a number of launches were identified crossing from Lebanon toward various areas in northern Israel that fell in an open area. The IDF struck the sources of fire and additional areas in Lebanon.

A short while ago, IDF fighter jets struck a number of terrorist infrastructure, as well as Hezbollah military sites.

In addition, three hostile aircraft were identified crossing from Lebanon that fell in the Har Dov area. The incident has concluded.

Attached is a related video: https://bit.ly/3voIHRq


IDF: Chief of Staff of the Israeli Air Force, Brigadier General Omer Tischler:

“The Israeli Air Force, together with the Ground Forces, will continue to conduct a precise, focused, and professional campaign in accordance with international law.”

Please find attached the full statement of the Chief of Staff of the Israeli Air Force, Brigadier General Omer Tischler:
https://www.idf.il/167057


IDF: The Chief of the General Staff in the Northern Command: “The IDF, including the Northern Command, is in a state of very high readiness.”

Today (Wednesday), the Chief of the General Staff conducted a situational assessment and approved plans in the Northern Command, along with the Commanding Officer of the Northern Command, Major General Ori Gordin, and other commanders.

The Chief of the General Staff: “Our first task is to safely return the residents, and this will take time. Today, we approved plans for a variety of contingencies, and we need to be prepared to strike if required. The IDF and within it the Northern Command are in a state of very high readiness. So far, the campaign here has been managed correctly and meticulously, and it must continue this way. We will not return the residents without both security and a sense of security.”

Attached is related footage:
https://bit.ly/4auYzCl

Attached are related photos: https://idfanc.activetrail.biz/ANC27122354321


IDF: The IDF located and destroyed three terror tunnel shafts belonging to the Hamas terror organization near the Rantisi Hospital and in the nearby High School; the tunnel shafts, dozens of meters deep, are connected by an underground network passing under the hospital and leading to the heart of Gaza City

In recent weeks, IDF soldiers led by the 401st Brigade of the 162nd Division, in cooperation with Flotilla 13 and the ‘Yahalom’ Unit, located and searched three operational tunnel shafts near the Rantisi Hospital. ‘Yahalom’ soldiers searched the area along with the shafts and tunnels – using a variety of means for mapping the tunnels’ topography and the connections between the shafts. This operation revealed that the shafts are connected by a wide underground network passing under the hospital, spanning several kilometers, and leading to strategic points in the heart of Gaza City. The tunnel in Rantisi is close to a school and leads to another school in the area. The tunnel also served as a command and control center for conducting combat in the northern Gaza Strip and for carrying out terrorist attacks.

The operational shaft located in a girls’ school in the area is about 20 meters deep and includes an elevator and electrical infrastructure. Following intelligence information directed by Unit 504 of the Intelligence Directorate, another operational shaft was located inside one of the hideout residences used by one of the commanders of Hamas’ naval unit in the Gaza Strip. In the tunnels’ topography, junctions and blast-doors were located – designed to prevent IDF soldiers from breaking in and to protect against damage to the tunnel infrastructure.

In a joint operation of soldiers from the ‘Yahalom’ Unit and engineering soldiers from the 14th Brigade, the tunnel infrastructure and shafts were destroyed.

The exposure of the shafts near the hospital and school once again demonstrate Hamas’ cynical use of the civilian population. Exposing Hamas’ use of the residents of the Gaza Strip, including refugees and children, as human shields.

Additionally, during combat in the area of the hospital, soldiers of the 401st and 460th brigades killed dozens of terrorists. As part of the activity, the Tzabar Battalion and the 52nd Battalion carried out raids and scans of buildings in the hospital area, where significant terror infrastructure was found, including command and control centers, media equipment, maps, aids, and numerous weapons.

Attached is footage of the area of the tunnel shaft and footage of the tunnel interior that was found near the Rantisi Hospital:
https://bit.ly/4azIyuM

Attached is footage of another shaft found near the Rantisi Hospital:
https://bit.ly/3vhs0HS

Attached is footage of the demolition of the shafts near the Rantisi Hospital:
https://bit.ly/3NJTYCh

Attached is an aerial photo of the area of the Rantisi Hospital and the location of the nearby tunnel shafts: https://IDFANC.activetrail.biz/ANC271220232148

Attached is footage of IDF soldiers’ operations in the area of the Rantisi Hospital:
https://bit.ly/479D2Mw

Attached is footage of the findings in the area of the hospital, presented by the commander of the Zabar Battalion from the 401st Brigade Team, LTC Aviran:
https://bit.ly/41EPa7d

Attached is a sync of a commander


IDF: IDF Spokesperson, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari:

”Our first task is to restore security and the sense of security to the residents in the north, and this will take time.”

IDF: Please find attached the translated evening briefing, followed by a briefing in English by the IDF Spokesperson, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari: https://www.idf.il/167109


IDF: IDF ground troops operated in the heart of Daraj Tuffah, guiding an IAF fighter jet to strike an anti-tank missile terrorist cell

After RPG missiles were fired from inside a building toward an IDF vehicle, IDF ground troops destroyed terrorist infrastructure located inside the building. Additionally, an anti-tank missile launch site where terrorist operatives were located was struck by the IAF with the direction of IDF ground forces,

Over the last two days, IDF troops conducted operational activity in the Daraj Tuffah area and eliminated terrorists in both ground and aerial strikes.

In a separate incident, terrorists fired at IDF troops from a building during operational activity. Following searches of the residence from which the shots were fired, the troops located dozens of weapons.

IDF naval forces are also continuing to provide fire support to troops operating on the ground in the Gaza Strip.

Attached is a video of the strike on the infrastructure from which shots were fired toward IDF troops: https://bit.ly/3RZ4zvS

Attached is a photo of the weapons located by the IDF troops: https://IDFANC.activetrail.biz/ANC28122023023357

Attached is a video of the IDF troops’ activity in the Gaza Strip: https://bit.ly/48vv0yy

Attached are photos from the IDF troops’ activity in the Gaza Strip: https://IDFANC.activetrail.biz/ANC28122023983768

Attached is a video of the IDF strikes in the Gaza Strip: https://bit.ly/48jQrDe


IDF: Following the sirens that sounded in the Krayot area in northern Israel, a UAV was identified crossing from Lebanon into Israeli territory and was intercepted by the IDF Aerial Defence Array.


IDF: A tunnel shaft located inside a mosque and the destruction of a Nukhba situation room; activities of the 55th Paratroopers Reserve Brigade’s combat team in Khan Yunis

The soldiers of the 55th Paratroopers Reserve Brigade have been fighting in Khan Yunis over the past few weeks. The forces have focused on destroying Hamas’ terrorist infrastructure and underground tunnels in the area of ​​Bani Suheila. The soldiers eliminated terrorists and located several tunnel shafts and terrorist infrastructure that were subsequently destroyed by combat engineering soldiers.

The fighters located an underground route that was connected to a war room belonging to Hamas’ Nukhba operatives. The route of the tunnel and the war room were used as a place for the conduct of combat and the transfer of weapons of the Nukhba operatives. The soldiers of the 55th Brigade dismantled the tunnel route and the war room.

In addition, the soldiers located a tunnel shaft and a rocket launcher inside a mosque, which was next to a school. In the mosque, a staging area was identified, which includes observation and combat posts that endangered the soldiers. Areas used to store weapons were also located.

Attached is footage from the location of the tunnel shaft inside the mosque: https://bit.ly/3TChjd3

Attached is footage of the activities of the 55th Brigade in the Khan Yunis area: https://bit.ly/48tr29A

Attached are footage of the 55th Brigade operating in the area:https://idfanc.activetrail.biz/ANC281223961


IDF: Over 65 million files, and half a million documents, operational plans and combat methods of the Hamas terrorist organization: this is how the Intelligence Directorate’s Document and Technical Means Collection Unit works, and helps maintain the security of our soldiers

The Document and Technical Means Collection Unit in the Intelligence Directorate (J2) has been coordinating the collection and examination of Hamas assets since the beginning of the war and the ground operation. The unit is made up mostly of reservists, and its job is to extract intelligence from the assets collected by all the soldiers in the field. The unit analyzes and concludes operational implications, which improve the activity of the soldiers in the Gaza Strip. In this way, the unit assists in the extraction of intelligence and its return to the operational end, and at the same time helps to maintain the security of IDF soldiers.

Since the beginning of the war, thousands of documents and technical assets were collected by IDF soldiers, which were transferred to the extraction team and contributed critical intelligence. The IDF’s operations in Hamas strongholds and the transfer of assets to the Document and Technical Means Collection Unit for in-depth research, add a significant layer to the intelligence assessment from the tactical to the strategic level and enable intelligence insight to return to the operational end. The materials are investigated according to their type and in cooperation with various collection and research bodies in the intelligence community.

Among the documents found is a map of tunnel shafts seized by the 252nd Division in the residence of a company commander in Hamas’ Beit Hanoun Battalion. A key explaining the map was located and collected by the division at the residence of another operative. With the arrival of the materials to the research team, the important link between the map and the key wss created – making it possible to identify the tunnel shafts in the field, of which many tunnel shafts were destroyed.

Attached is the map of the tunnel shafts and the key: https://IDFANC.activetrail.biz/ANC355165

A Hamas map with tunnel shafts marked on it was acquired by the Document and Technical Means Collection Unit research team, found by the 36th Division in the residence of the accomplice of the Commander of the Shejaiya Battalion, Wissam Farhat. After initial processing in Unit 9900, the information was relayed back to the soldiers in the field, the tunnel shaft was identified near IDF soldiers and was neutralized by combat engineering soldiers.

Attached is the map: https://idfanc.activetrail.biz/ANC23967

Attached are photos of the tunnel shaft that were photographed by soldiers in the field: https://IDFANC.activetrail.biz/ANC8513545

In addition, a document was seized with the locations of explosives in the area of ​​Beit Hanoun. After the Document and Technical Means Collection Unit’s examination of it, operating forces were directed in the area and neutralized the explosives.

Attached is the document with the locations of the explosives: https://IDFANC.activetrail.biz/ANC875446

Attached is a video of officers from the Document and Technical Means Collection Unit: https://bit.ly/3TI9DGg


IDF: A short while ago, a number of launches were identified from Lebanon toward numerous locations in northern Israel. No injuries were reported. The IDF responded with fire toward the sources of the launches.

Following the sirens that sounded in northern Israel warning of a hostile aircraft intrusion, the incident has concluded. There is no risk of a security incident.

Moreover, overnight and this morning, the IDF struck in several areas in Lebanon.


IDF: A large number of launches were carried out from the towns of Ayta ash Shab and Ramyeh in southern Lebanon toward Israeli territory. Since this morning, IDF aircraft, tanks and artillery have been used to strike Hezbollah terror infrastructure in those areas.

A short while ago, in response to the launches that were carried out toward Israeli territory earlier today, IAF aircraft struck a Hezbollah military compound.

Earlier today, a terrorist squad that attempted to launch anti-tank missiles toward Israeli territory was struck by the IDF. In addition, a terrorist squad hiding inside a residence from which launches were carried out toward Israeli territory earlier today was also struck.

Attached is a related video: https://bit.ly/3voQZJ5


IDF: Statement on the findings of the investigation into the circumstances of the deaths of three hostages from IDF fire: https://www.idf.il/167560

Attached is aerial footage of the Shejaiya area, where the events detailed in the investigation occurred: https://idfanc.activetrail.biz/ANC2812675

Attached is a photo of the buildings from which our forces were fired upon: https://idfanc.activetrail.biz/ANC2812677

Attached is aerial footage of the area where the shooting occurred: https://idfanc.activetrail.biz/ANC281267


 

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