IDF deploys additional brigade to Rafah as troops find tunnels, weapons, terror operatives in southern Gaza

The IDF has deployed an additional brigade to southern Gaza’s Rafah, as the offensive against Hamas there continues.

The Bislamach Brigade — the School for Infantry Corps Professions and Squad Commanders during war time — joins the 162nd Division’s other brigades that have been operating in Rafah since earlier this month.

The military says it operated along the Philadelphi Corridor overnight, following information on infrastructure belonging to terror groups in the area.

The IDF says troops located tunnels, weapons, and killed numerous operatives in the Rafah area.

Troops operate in the Gaza Strip, in a handout image published May 28, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

Dozens of sites belonging to terror groups were also destroyed during operations in northern Gaza’s Jabaliya, according to the IDF.

It says the sites in Jabaliya include observation posts, weapon depots, and a building used by Hamas.

Several operatives were killed by troops in Jabaliya in the past day, including a mortar-launching cell that was struck by a fighter jet, the military says.

And in central Gaza, the IDF says it has expanded operations in the Netzarim Corridor area, killing operatives and raiding Hamas sites.