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IDF Updates – May 19th

IDF: Identification and Elimination of RPG Cells, Encounters with Terrorists and the Destruction of Rocket Launchers; Operations of the 7th Brigade in the area of Jabaliya

The soldiers of the 7th Brigade combat team are operating and engaging in combat with terrorists in the area of Jabaliya.

The soldiers of Unit 636 and the Fire Control Center of the 7th Brigade are operating to identify armed terrorist cells and direct strikes to eliminate them, and conducting dozens of strikes to assist the forces operating on the ground.

The soldiers have located large quantities of weapons, including explosives, anti-tank missiles, AK-47s, drones and grenades.
As part of operations to harm Hamas’ launch capabilities, the forces located rocket launchers and a weapons production workshop.

Attached is footage from the activity of the 7th Brigade in the area of Jabaliya: https://bit.ly/3wGmoYF

Attached are photos of the weapons located by the forces: https://idfanc.activetrail.biz/ANC7866897

Attached are photos from the activity of the forces: https://idfanc.activetrail.biz/ANC1905240605


IDF: Yesterday (Saturday), following precise IDF intelligence, the IAF struck and eliminated the terrorist Azmi Abu Daqqa, an operative in Hamas’ Procurement Department who was actively involved in the smuggling of weapons and terror funds in the Gaza Strip.

Over the past day, the IAF struck dozens of terror targets, including two tactical-level Hamas commanders who were preparing to attack IDF troops in the Rafah area. 

Attached is a video of the elimination of the terrorist Azmi Abu Daqqa: https://bit.ly/3ULIm4n


IDF: Throughout the day, approximately 10 launches were identified crossing from Lebanon into the areas of Malkia and Har Dov in northern Israel. No injuries were reported. The IDF struck the sources of the fire.

Earlier today, IDF soldiers identified terrorists moving adjacent to a military compound in the area of Maroun El Ras in southern Lebanon. A short while afterward, IAF fighter jets struck the compound along with the terrorists.

Attached is a video of the strike: https://bit.ly/4brxdNw


IDF: Attached is a link to the IDF website, where further updates on a fallen soldier have been published: https://www.idf.il/59780


IDF: Following the sirens that sounded in northern Israel regarding a hostile aircraft infiltration, IAF fighter jets successfully intercepted a suspicious aerial target that was on its way from Lebanon.


IDF: “8-year-old Ela Elyakim told us that Hamas terrorists forced her to read from a script, forced her to change her clothes, and forced her to re-film this terrifying scene over and over and over again.”

Attached is footage located by IDF troops in the Gaza Strip.

In the attached video, 8-year-old Ela Elyakim is seen in Gaza several days after she was abducted on October 7th from her father’s house in Nahal Oz: https://bit.ly/4dNlhqL

In the attached photo, Ela Elyakim is seen with her 15-year-old sister, Dafna Elyakim, who was abducted with her: https://IDFANC.activetrail.biz/anc19052024684545615461

The footage was taken by Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip.

Attached is a statement by the IDF Spokesperson, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, regarding the matter: https://bit.ly/44MOSMW

Attached is the full transcript of the statement by the IDF Spokesperson, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari:

During our ground operations in Gaza, our troops found raw footage filmed by Hamas for their psychological terror videos.

Today, we showed the footage to the family of 8-year-old Ela Elyakim, who was taken hostage into Gaza on October 7th. Ela was released from Hamas captivity together with her sister Dafna during the hostage release agreement.

The video, which is being released today for the first time, was intended to be used by Hamas for psychological terror.

But Ela’s family asked us to share it with the world to expose Hamas’s terror, to expose Hamas’s cruelty, to expose Hamas’s barbarism.

8-year-old Ela Elyakim told us that Hamas terrorists forced her to read from a script, forced her to change her clothes, and forced her to re-film this terrifying scene over and over and over again.

Our hearts go out to Ela, her family, and all the hostage families.

Please help us respect the wishes of Ela’s family by sharing this video far and wide.

We will continue doing everything in our power to bring our hostages back home.

A Message from Shalom