IDF: IDF operations in the Gaza Strip against terrorist operatives and infrastructure are continuing in Khan Yunis and Gaza City
During IDF activity in western Khan Yunis, IDF troops directed an aircraft that struck two compounds used as terrorist infrastructure and killed armed terrorists who were located inside them.
IDF commando forces identified and killed five terrorists, one of which was armed with an RPG. The forces conducted targeted raids on terror targets, located large quantities of weapons, including an RPG, military equipment, and technological assets.
Furthermore, in the area of Khan Yunis, IDF ground troops continued to conduct targeted raids on terrorist targets and located weapons and military equipment inside the residence of a Hamas terrorist. IDF troops also identified and killed four terrorists who were preparing to carry out an attack on IDF troops adjacent to the Al-Amal Hospital. The troops conducted a targeted raid on a compound that was used as an Islamic Jihad hideout and located weapons stored in the hideout.
Over the past day, IDF troops encountered and killed dozens of armed terrorists in battles in the central Gaza Strip. The troops were assisted by tank fire under the direction of field observers and infantry soldiers. In addition, the troops located large quantities of weapons in the area.
In the outskirts of Al-Shati in the northern Gaza Strip, over the past day, a number of armed terrorists were killed by IDF troops in various encounters. AK-47s, RPGs, explosive devices, missiles, as well as several launchers were located in the area.
IDF troops directed an aircraft that killed terrorists in the nothern Gaza Strip and IDF fighter jets struck a number of terror targets, including terrorist infrastructure, anti-tank posts, tunnel shafts, and observation posts.
Attached are photos of the weapons located by IDF troops: https://IDFANC.activetrail.biz/ANC29012024746
Attached are photos of IDF activity in the Gaza Strip: https://IDFANC.activetrail.biz/ANC2901202484658
Attached is video of the IDF strikes in the Gaza Strip: https://bit.ly/48P9uFG
IDF: A short while ago, a terrorist carried out a ramming attack adjacent to an IDF base in northern Israel.
Following this, the terrorist exited his vehicle and tried to attack the IDF soldiers with an axe. The soldiers responded with live fire, and an IDF officer neutralized the terrorist.
IDF: IDF soldiers neutralized a terrorist that attempted to carry out a stabbing attack on IDF soldiers who were guarding a military post in the area of Teqoa
A short while ago, a terrorist armed with a knife attempted to carry out a stabbing attack on IDF soldiers who were guarding a military post adjacent to the area of Teqoa.
The soldiers attempted to make contact and responded with live fire toward the armed terrorist, who was neutralized. No IDF injuries were reported.
Attached is a photo of the knife: https://IDFANC.activetrail.biz/ANC290120247634
Under a cemetery: a terror tunnel, hideouts for senior Hamas officials
The 98th Division raided an underground tunnel located under the Bani Suheila cemetery in the heart of Khan Yunis. While investigating the tunnel, the forces came across explosives, sliding doors and blast-proof doors, and eliminated terrorists who were inside. Inside the tunnel route, the forces located an office from which a Khan Yunis Brigade battalion commander managed the attack on October 7th, an operations room, a command and control center and the living quarters of senior officials of the Hamas terrorist organization. The tunnel was also used by Hamas to command their attacks against IDF forces both above and below ground.
This tunnel, dug by the Hamas terrorist organization, is part of a complex underground labyrinth, about a kilometer long and 20 meters deep. At the end of the investigation, the tunnel was demolished by forces of the Yahalom special engineering unit.
Attached is an aerial photograph of the tunnel route running through the Bani Suheila cemetery: https://IDFANC.activetrail.biz/ANC2901202483734
Attached is a drone footage of the tunnel route running through the Bani Suheila cemetery: https://bit.ly/3HDw0oW
Attached is footage from inside the tunnel and of its destruction: https://bit.ly/3Omvv6B
Attached is a video of the 98th Operations Officer, LTC Barak: https://bit.ly/3SkWgcq
Attached are photos from inside the tunnel: https://IDFANC.activetrail.biz/ANC827382
IDF: Throughout the day, a number of launches were identified that crossed from Lebanon into northern Israel.
In response, IDF soldiers struck the sources of the fire, as well as additional areas in Lebanon.
Furthermore, IDF fighter jets carried out precise strikes on two Hezbollah military sites in which a number of Hezbollah terrorists were identified in the area of Yaroun in southern Lebanon. The Hezbollah terror organization deliberately embeds its military infrastructure in civilian areas, using Lebanese civilians as human shields for its terrorist activity.
Additionally, earlier today, IDF soldiers struck a launch site used to fire at northern Israel.
Hezbollah’s ongoing terrorist activity and attacks against Israel violate UN Security Council Resolution 1701. The IDF will continue to defend Israel’s borders from any threat.
Attached is a video of the strike: https://bit.ly/42dJQrH
IDF: The Commander of the 98th Division: “We are engaged in a simultaneous maneuver – fighting both above and below ground.” The forces continue to fight in the area and to dismantle Hamas battalions from the Khan Yunis Brigade.
During the fighting in Khan Yunis, combat teams from the 98th Division raided hundreds of locations with terrorist infrastructure and Hamas posts. The infrastructure included the battalion headquarters, the Hamas terrorist organization’s training compounds, communication posts, the Khan Yunis Brigade’s command center, a military intelligence building, a significant rocket manufacturing facility, and offices of many senior officials, including Yahya Sinwar’s office.
The combat in Khan Yunis involves simultaneous maneuvering with an integration of forces both above and below ground. So far, hundreds of tunnel shafts have been located and destroyed, some leading to significant strategic Hamas tunnels. In addition, hundreds of terrorists have been eliminated underground, in both face-to-face combat and aerial strikes. The forces are making significant progress in dismantling the underground terrain in Khan Yunis.
From the words of the Commander of the 98th Division, BG Dan Goldfus: “We are engaged in a simultaneous maneuver – fighting both above and below ground, operating with professionalism, with cooperation between special forces, commandos, and the division’s combat teams. Hamas terrorists are fleeing. We are striking them and their infrastructure both above and below ground.”
Attached is footage of the activities of the 98th Division Forces in Khan Yunis: https://bit.ly/48UHa4O
Attached are additional related images: https://idfanc.activetrail.biz/ANC290124979
Attached is footage from a conversation with the Commander of the 98th Division, BG Dan Goldfus, in a tunnel in Khan Yunis: https://bit.ly/3u8mWW3
IDF: A Hamas terrorist cell that hid inside the “Ibn Sina” Hospital in Jenin and planned to carry out a terror attack in the immediate period was neutralized
During a joint IDF, ISA, and Israel Police counterterrorism activity overnight, Mohammed Jalamneh, a Hamas terrorist who had recently been involved in promoting significant terrorist activity and was hiding in the “Ibn Sina” Hospital in Jenin was neutralized. The wanted suspect also carried a gun, which was confiscated by the security forces.
Mohammed Jalamneh, 27, who had been in the Jenin Camp for a long period, had contacts with Hamas headquarters abroad and was even wounded when he tried to promote a car bombing attack. In addition, Jalamneh transferred weapons and ammunition to terrorists in order to promote shooting attacks, and planned a raid attack inspired by the October 7th massacre.
Along with Jalamneh, two additional terrorists who hid inside the hospital were neutralized. Mohammed Ghazawi from the Jenin Camp, a terrorist operative of the Jenin Battalions who was involved in numerous attacks including firing at IDF soldiers in the area, and Basel Ghazawi from the Jenin Camp, Mohammed’s brother, an Islamic Jihad terrorist organization operative involved in terror activities in the area.
Jalamneh planned to carry out a terror attack in the immediate future and used the hospital as a hiding place and therefore was neutralized. Israeli security forces will continue to act against any threat that would endanger the security of Israeli civilians.
For a long time, wanted suspects have been hiding in hospitals and using them as a base for planning terrorist activities and carrying out terror attacks, while they assume that the exploitation of hospitals will serve as protection against counterterrorism activities of Israeli security forces. This is another example of the cynical use of civilian areas and hospitals as shelters and human shields by terrorist organisations.
Attached is a photo of the weapon carried by the terrorist: https://idfanc.activetrail.biz/ANC3001240951
IDF: The IDF struck and destroyed the launchers used to fire rockets at central Israel yesterday; IDF troops are continuing to operate in northern and central Gaza
Yesterday (Monday), after terrorists in the Gaza Strip fired a barrage of rockets toward central Israel, IDF troops directed IAF fighter jets to strike and destroy the launchers used to fire the rockets. An assessment of the launcher that was struck showed that there were also mortar shells ready to fire from the launcher. In addition, IDF troops destroyed a military asset belonging to Hamas’ Anti-Tank Missile Unit.
IDF troops are continuing fighting in western Khan Yunis. The forces eliminated terrorists during combat and located large quantities of weapons. Furthermore, IDF troops directed an aircraft that struck and killed several terrorists in the area.
IDF troops are also continuing to operate against terrorists and to seize weapons in the central and northern Gaza Strip. In the Shati area, IDF troops eliminated numerous terrorists and located weapons in the area. In the central Gaza Strip, a terrorist cell armed with RPGs was identified approaching troops in the area. With the direction of IDF troops, a UAV targeted and killed the terrorists.
Attached is a video of the launches toward central Israel yesterday (Monday) and the strike on the launchers: https://bit.ly/3OlJPfv
Attached are photos of the IDF activity in Khan Yunis: https://idfanc.activetrail.biz/ANC300124777
IDF: Drone footage of operations against terrorists by the 4th Brigade in Khan Yunis
Over the past few weeks, forces of the 4th Brigade have operated in the Khan Yunis area. The forces eliminated terrorist operatives, conducted targeted raids on terrorist infrastructure and located large quantities of weapons. A machine used for the production of rockets, as well as rocket launchers aimed at Israeli territory, were located and destroyed.
The soldiers used drones to collect real-time intelligence and carry out operations against terrorists. In one incident, drone operators identified a terrorist cell that was moving toward the troops. The forces directed an aircraft at the terrorists and killed them.
Attached is footage from the drone: https://bit.ly/4bk3ndV
Attached is footage from the 4th Brigade’s activities in Khan Yunis: https://bit.ly/3ShtPwe
Attached is footage from a Go-Pro camera of a soldier in the 4th Brigade: https://bit.ly/4bhSadV
Attached are photos on the subject: https://IDFANC.activetrail.biz/ANC00857
IDF: Cleared for Publication: During the war, the IDF has implemented new capabilities to neutralize underground terrorist infrastructure in the Gaza Strip by channeling large volumes of water into the tunnels
In cooperation between units in the IDF and the Ministry of Defense, various tools were developed to channel large volumes of water into Hamas’ terror tunnels in the Gaza Strip. This is part of a range of tools deployed by the IDF to neutralize the threat of Hamas’ subterranean network of tunnels.
These capabilities consist of installing pumps and pipes, the materialization of engineering developments, and the ability to locate tunnel shafts suitable for the deployment of these tools. The capability was developed in a professional capacity, including analysis of the soil characteristics and the water systems in the area to ensure that damage is not done to the area’s groundwater. The pumping of water was only carried out in tunnel routes and locations that were suitable, matching the method of operation to each case.
This project was developed following combat procedures, accelerated force-building efforts, and while training forces with technological expertise. This tool is one of a range of capabilities developed by the IDF and Israel’s security establishment in recent years in order to operate against Hamas’ underground infrastructure in the Gaza Strip. These efforts against Hamas include air strikes, underground combat operations, and special operations with technological assets.
This tool represents a significant engineering and technological breakthrough in combating the threat of underground terror infrastructure and is the result of a collaborative effort between various bodies in Israel’s security establishment.
IDF: The Chief of the General Staff to reservists in the Gaza Division: There will be no cover for terrorism in Gaza, in Judea and Samaria, in Lebanon, neither above ground nor in tunnel shafts. We will operate in the most complex places
Today (Tuesday), the Chief of the General Staff, LTG Herzi Halevi, met reserve commanders from Battalion 8208, who lost 21 of their soldiers last week, along with the Commanding Officer of the Gaza Division, BG Avi Rosenfeld, and the Commanding Officer of the Southern Gaza Brigade, COL Tal Ashur.
Attached is a video of the Chief of the General Staff with the commanders: https://bit.ly/3HFbpk8
Attached is a related video: https://bit.ly/3ucLj4O
Attached are related photos: https://IDFANC.activetrail.biz/ANC87568
Attached are the full remarks of the Chief of the General Staff: “This morning soldiers of the Yamam Unit entered into a hospital in Jenin, inside which a terrorist cell was planning to carry out a serious attack and to kill Israeli civilians. We do not want to turn hospitals into battlefields, with patients on the right and doctors and nurses on the left, and terrorists in the middle, but we are even more determined not to allow hospitals in Gaza, Judea and Samaria, Lebanon, above ground or in tunnel shafts and tunnels under hospitals, to become a place that is a cover for terrorism, and one that allows terrorists to stash weapons, to rest, to go out to carry out an attack. And where necessary, we enter even the most complex places to eliminate terrorism, to harm terrorism, to strike terrorists. And where there is fighting, to eliminate them. We are fighting against serious terrorism, it brought us into Gaza with great force, we will continue to operate in Gaza, we will continue to reach wherever Hamas is, we will continue to attack, we will continue to kill terrorists, we will continue to destroy infrastructure. I am impressed by how well you carry out these tasks, you combine very well with all the infantry and armor capabilities, the connection to combat engineering, which was also connected to the difficult event last week. These combinations, professionally and strengthening your spirit and preventing cracks, this is what will give us the ability to go to a long, complex war, and at the end of the road to win a victory that is very important and will also be very clear. There is a lot of appreciation for the battalion’s actions, a lot of appreciation for dealing with the situation.”
IDF: Attached is a link to the IDF website, where further updates on three fallen soldiers have been published: https://www.idf.il/59780
IDF: During the 7th Brigade’s operations in Khan Yunis, the forces located explosive devices, conducted a targeted raid on weapons production facility, and eliminated dozens of terrorists
During operations in western Khan Yunis, the 7th Brigade conducted a targeted raid on a facility used by the Islamic Jihad terrorist organization to manufacture weapons. The soldiers located and destroyed a workshop used to produce weapons including long-range rockets, anti-tank missiles, mines and explosive devices. Additionally, an underground tunnel route in the compound was identified and destroyed. The forces’ operations significantly impacted the Islamic Jihad terrorist organization’s ability to produce rockets.
Simultaneously, the soldiers located numerous weapons, including explosive devices inside UNRWA bags, Kalashnikov rifles, RPG warheads, weapons magazines, IEDs, hand grenades and more.
Attached is footage from operations of the 202nd Battalion, operating under the 7th Brigade in Khan Yunis:
https://bit.ly/48Sc5hT
Attached are photos of the weapons that were located:
https://idfanc.activetrail.biz/ANC28012444444
IDF: During IDF activities in Khan Yunis, a long-range missile launcher was located and struck by an IDF fighter jet; IDF troops are continuing activities in the central and northern Gaza Strip
IDF troops are continuing operational activities in the northern and central Gaza Strip and in the center of Gaza City. Over the past day, the troops eliminated dozens of terrorists. Following the identification of a terrorist cell in central Gaza, IDF troops directed an aircraft that struck and eliminated a number of terrorists in the area.
In the northern Gaza Strip, IDF troops are continuing to enter Hamas military compounds and eliminate terrorists.
IDF troops are continuing extensive activities in western Khan Yunis. Over the past day, IDF troops eliminated terrorists in the area in close-quarters combat. In addition, IDF troops directed several aircraft that struck and eliminated a number of terrorists in different areas.
During activities in Khan Yunis, IDF troops identified a long-range missile launcher. The troops directed an IDF fighter jet, that struck the launcher.
IDF troops in Khan Yunis identified a number of terrorists in the area. In cooperation with the IAF, the troops directed an aircraft that struck and eliminated the terrorists.
Attached is a video of the strike on the launcher in western Khan Yunis: https://bit.ly/3vUXaox
Attached is a video of the IDF strikes in the Gaza Strip over the past day: https://bit.ly/3SixuKh
Attached are photos of the IDF activity in the Gaza Strip: https://idfanc.activetrail.biz/ANC01022456111
Information about the ongoing war in Israel – Day 116
