IDF estimates 150 terror operatives killed in renewed Gaza op

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

Boys standing next to tent shelters watch as a smoke cloud erupts from a building that was hit by Israeli bombardment after prior warning in the Nuseirat camp for Palestinian refugees in the central Gaza Strip on March 25, 2025. (Eyad BABA / AFP)
Boys standing next to tent shelters watch as a smoke cloud erupts from a building that was hit by Israeli bombardment after prior warning in the Nuseirat camp for Palestinian refugees in the central Gaza Strip on March 25, 2025. (Eyad BABA / AFP)

The Israeli military estimates that it has killed over 150 Hamas operatives and members of other terror groups since it resumed its offensive in the Gaza Strip a week ago.

Hamas has claimed that over 700 Palestinians have been killed in that time. The figure has not been verified and does not differentiate between civilians and combatants.

Over 420 targets have been hit by the Israeli Air Force, Navy, and ground troops in the offensive so far, according to the IDF.

The IDF has so far named 10 senior Hamas political officials and mid-level military commanders who have been killed in the strikes. Other Hamas commanders were targeted, and the IDF is still working to confirm they were killed.

Ground troops are currently operating in Rafah’s Tel Sultan and Shaboura neighborhoods in southern Gaza and several areas in the Strip’s north. The IDF also pushed into the Netzarim Corridor and captured about half of it.

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