IDF Updates – March 31st

IDF: A short while ago, three mortars were fired toward IDF troops operating on the outskirts of Khan Yunis in southern Gaza. No IDF injuries were reported.

In addition, an IDF D9 drove over an explosive in the area, no IDF injuries were reported.


IDF: A short while ago, the IDF struck a mortar launch site in Khan Yunis, in the area from which mortars had been fired at IDF troops in southern Gaza earlier today (Saturday).


IDF: Over the past few hours, IDF troops have begun conducting ground activity in the Al Janina area in Rafah, in order to expand the security zone in southern Gaza.
As part of the activity, the troops dismantled Hamas terrorist infrastructure.

At the same time, the IDF and ISA continue to carry out aerial strikes on Hamas and Islamic Jihad terror targets throughout the Gaza Strip.

Among the terror targets struck over the past weekend were weapons storage facilities, rocket launchers, military structures from which terrorists were operating, and additional terrorist infrastructure sites.
During the strikes, dozens of terrorists were eliminated, including terrorists who had launched mortars towards Israeli territory.

Attached is footage of IDF strikes in the Gaza Strip: https://bit.ly/4ldu3lK


Joint IDF and ISA Announcement:

Over the past few days, as part of an IDF and ISA operation in the Gaza Strip, the troops located and recovered findings associated with the body of the abducted fallen soldier, Manny Menachem Goddard, who was murdered and kidnapped by the Islamic Jihad terrorist organization on October 7, 2023. Despite the recovered findings, his body is still being held in the Gaza Strip.
The findings were retrieved from an Islamic Jihad outpost area in Rafah.

After an identification process conducted by the National Institute of Forensic Medicine and the Israel Police, IDF representatives informed the Goddard family and will continue to support them.

The IDF continues to make efforts to locate and fully recover his body.


IDF: A One-Kilometer-Long Underground Tunnel Route Dismantled in the Gaza Strip

Attached is the full announcement: https://www.idf.il/280882


IDF: Attached is an IDF announcement on the summary of the inquiry on the vandalism during the operation in Jinba:
https://IDFANC.activetrail.biz/ANC3103202532145

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