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Friday, June 28, 2024
IDF confirms Shejaiya op; says it struck terrorists hiding in schools, humanitarian zone
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The IDF confirms it launched a new pinpoint operation in Gaza City’s Shejaiya neighborhood yesterday.
The raid, being carried out by the 98th Division, comes following intelligence information on Hamas operatives and infrastructure in the area.
The IDF says the division’s 7th Armored Brigade pushed into the Shejaiya area during the day, and overnight, the Paratroopers Brigade began to raid sites in the neighborhood.
Dozens of Hamas sites were struck from the air as the ground forces pushed in, the military says.
In separate “significant” strikes in northern Gaza, the IDF says it killed dozens of terror operatives who were holed up in a school and other UNRWA facilities.
Meanwhile, overnight, the military says a fighter jet struck a Hamas operative in a building in central Gaza’s Deir al Balah, within the Israeli-designated “humanitarian zone.”
“The terrorist operated from within the humanitarian area, which the organization uses as a shield for terrorist activity,” the IDF says.
The military says that ahead of the strike, it worked to evacuate the civilian population from the area of the building. It also says it used aerial surveillance, a precision munition, and other means to mitigate harm to Palestinian civilians.
