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Thursday, July 17, 2025
Army says it killed several Hamas gunmen in overnight Gaza fighting
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The military says troops of the 7th Armored Brigade killed several Hamas gunmen who wounded four paratroopers in Gaza City’s Shejaiya neighborhood last night.
Two of the soldiers, who served with the Paratroopers Brigade’s 202nd Battalion, were seriously wounded by the gunfire, and two officers were listed in moderate and light condition, according to the army.
Separately, the IDF says troops of the Nahal Brigade directed a strike on a weapons depot in the area of Gaza City’s Daraj and Tuffah neighborhoods, and soldiers of the 401st Armored Brigade killed Hamas operatives in Jabalia.
In Beit Hanoun, troops of the Givati Brigade killed additional operatives and destroyed Hamas infrastructure, including tunnels; and the 990th Reserve Artillery Regiment and 646th Reserve Paratroopers Brigade killed additional operatives and struck buildings used by Hamas, the IDF adds.
Also in the past day, the military says the Israeli Air Force hit over 100 targets in Gaza, including operatives, buildings used by terror groups, rocket-launching sites, caches of weapons, tunnels, and other infrastructure.
The statement does not mention an alleged strike on Gaza’s lone Catholic church that killed two people, according to the Vatican.
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