The combat team of the IDF’s Givati Brigade conducted assaults on terror infrastructure in Khan Yunis, eliminating numerous terrorists in the southern Gaza city, the IDF announced on Tuesday.
The IDF engaged the terrorist fighters with small arms, tank fire, and aerial strikes. The Israeli troops also located and demolished dozens of tunnel shafts in the area, the IDF said.
This week, the IDF added, troops launched assaults in the Bani Suheila area, a municipality in the Khan Yunis Governate. There, Israeli soldiers engaged terror operatives in close-quarters combat in the area's dense, urban terrain.
In a video published by the IDF reportedly of the Givati combat team operations, IDF troops engage terrorists taking shelter in a nearby building. One eliminated terrorist is pictured on the ground by the Israeli soldiers.
The IDF added that during the battle, Israeli troops eliminated numerous terrorists as they attempted to IDF soldiers and plant explosives on military vehicles.
The IDF also reported that it discovered terror suspects hiding among women and children, carrying a white flag.
The suspects were subsequently detained. Unit 504 intelligence investigators reportedly then revealed the suspects to terrorists, some of whom had participated in the October 7 attacks on Israel.
IDF finds weapons, rockets in family homes
Also on Tuesday, combat teams from the IDF’s 188th Brigade and the Golani Brigade located Hamas weapons, rockets, tunnel shafts, and training and intelligence materials hidden inside numerous houses in El-Bureij, in central Gaza, the IDF stated earlier that day.
Inside one family’s house, the 188th Brigade found long-range rockets, which, according to the IDF, had a range of approximately 20 kilometers.
The IDF has regularly discovered rockets and other military equipment in civilian structures since the start of the war. Last week, the IDF reported that it had discovered a tunnel shaft and a rocket launcher in a mosque adjacent to a school in Khan Yunis.
Additional Hamas weaponry was found in the home as well, although the IDF did not specify what manner of additional ordnance had been recovered.
The long-range rockets were destroyed, and the weapons were confiscated.
Golani Brigade raids civilian building
The combat team of the Golani Brigade, acting on intelligence it had received, also raided a civilian building in El-Bureij.
During the operation, the Golani troops recovered weapons and ammunition, reportedly including dozens of shoulder-fired missiles and grenades.