IDF enters Gaza’s Jabaliya, kills many gunmen; army says some troops remain in Zeitoun

The IDF’s 98th Division pushed into the Jabaliya camp in the northern Gaza Strip overnight, killing many gunmen amid the fighting, the military says.

The IDF says the division’s 7th and 460th armored brigades battled “dozens of armed squads and eliminated a large number of terrorists” over the past day.

In the same area, a drone strike killed members of a cell responsible for rocket fire on Sderot yesterday, the military says.

Meanwhile in southern Gaza, the IDF says, its 162nd Division is continuing operations in the eastern part of Rafah.

During the Rafah operations, troops of the Givati Brigade raided a Hamas training camp, the IDF says. The soldiers killed several gunmen at the Hamas base, captured weapons and located mock IDF vehicles used by the terror group for training, the military says.

Also in the past day, some 80 sites used by terror groups, including buildings, weapon depots, rocket launchers, observation posts and other infrastructure, were struck by the Air Force, the military says.

The IDF also confirms that troops of the Nahal Brigade withdrew from Gaza City’s Zeitoun neighborhood after six days, to prepare for “additional offensive operations.”

Reservists of the Carmeli Brigade continue to operate in Zeitoun, the IDF adds, contradicting media reports claiming that the six-day operation there has ended.