IDF commando troops raid Gaza schools used as Hamas bases

Troops of the 401st Armored Brigade and Navy’s Shayetet 13 commando unit raided two schools in Gaza City’s Rimal neighborhood, where Hamas operatives were holed up, the IDF says.

The IDF says the troops battled and killed several Hamas gunmen in the area, and operatives inside the school surrendered to troops.

Meanwhile, troops of the Kiryati Brigade raided a number of apartments in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis, used by Hamas. The IDF says the troops found “many” weapons and tunnels used by the operatives.

Separately, the IDF says the 551st Brigade identified suspicious movement on the roof of a building in the Jabaliya area, from which gunfire had previously been directed at troops.

The troops directed airstrike on the building, the IDF says, attaching footage of the strike.

הכוחות חיסלו מחבלים בקרבות שהתנהלו במרחב. בנוסף, מחבלים שהסתתרו בתוך בתי ספר נכנעו ונעצרו על ידי הכוחות.

כוחות צוות הקרב החטיבתי 4 פשטו אתמול על שורת דירות מבצעיות במרחב חאן יונס. הלוחמים מצאו בדירות אמצעי לחימה רבים ותשתיות תת-קרקעיות ששימשו את המחבלים >> pic.twitter.com/7IEqpy0VKH

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