IDF redeploys Kfir Brigade from northern Gaza after 64 days of anti-terror operations

The IDF’s Kfir Brigade has been withdrawn from the northern Gaza Strip after 64 days of fighting, though an operation in the area led by the 162nd Division is still ongoing.

According to the military, the Kfir Brigade killed more than 300 terror operatives during their operations in the towns of Beit Lahiya and Beit Hanoun and in the Sheikh Zayed neighborhood.

Among the dead operatives are many prominent members of terror groups, including those who participated in the October 7, 2023, onslaught, the IDF says.

Twelve soldiers with the brigade were killed in six separate incidents of fighting during the operation. Dozens more were wounded, though many have returned to fighting, according to the IDF.

The military says the brigade’s operations were aimed at removing threats to residents of Israeli communities close to the Gaza border in the Strip’s north.

The brigade was responsible for demolishing the so-called officers’ neighborhood, where Hamas commanders had lived. The residential complex of high-rise towers had served as a “central terror complex” with anti-tank firing positions, booby traps, tunnels and rocket launchers aimed at Israel, according to the military.

The IDF says the brigade demolished other Hamas infrastructure, including 7.5 kilometers worth of tunnels, and captured numerous weapons.

The Kfir Brigade is now preparing for future operations in Gaza, including being deployed to the Philadelphi Corridor in the Strip’s south.