The IDF on Sunday published footage of soldiers tracking and pursuing terrorists within the Gaza Strip over recent weeks.
Soldiers from the military's Golani and Nahal infantry brigades, along with Yahalom Combat Engineers, operated in eastern Rafah under the command of the 143rd Division, hunting terrorists and destroying terror infrastructure, the military clarified.
This included destroying terror bunkers and securing locations within the strip.
In addition, the IDF said that it killed 40 terrorists within the past week, as well as destroying "dozens of bases above and underground."
IDF kills Hamas battalion commander, deputy, other terrorists in Rafah, security official tells Army Radio
The IDF killed a Hamas battalion commander, assistant battalion commander, company commander, and an additional Hamas terrorist, a security official confirmed to Army Radio earlier on Sunday morning.
The confirmation comes minutes after the IDF announced that it had killed four Hamas terrorists who emerged from underground tunnels in eastern Rafah overnight.
Guided by the IAF, troops operating on the ground were able to identify and kill the terrorists.
Though the IDF did not announce exactly where the terrorists emerged, it is believed that the four were part of the network of terrorists hiding in east Rafah, near where The Jerusalem Post recently visited.
The engagement comes amid a series of encounters in Gaza where the IDF has killed or caught terrorists operating on the Israeli side of Gaza's Yellow Line.
Hamas terrorist crosses Yellow Line, surrenders to IDF
A Hamas terrorist reportedly crossed the Yellow Line and surrendered to IDF soldiers on Saturday, a US official told CBS News.
The report did not specify where the incident occurred along the ceasefire line.
The terrorist told the IDF that Hamas recently recruited him, but he regrets his choice to join the terror group, the official told CBS.
"Gazans know there can be no future under Hamas," the US State Department's Office of Near Eastern Affairs commented on X/Twitter.
"Gaza can be an incredible place, but it must first be free of terror and terrorists," the department added.
Yonah Jeremy Bob and Fraidy Moser contributed to this report.