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Saturday, November 4, 2023
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Saturday, November 4, 2023
IDF force makes ‘targeted’ incursion into southern Gaza
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
IDF troops operating in the Gaza Strip in a picture released November 4, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)
The Israel Defense Forces says it carried out a “targeted raid” in the southern Gaza Strip overnight.
The IDF says the limited operation, carried out by combat engineering forces and tanks, led by the Gaza Division, was to map out buildings and to clear the area of planted explosive devices.
It says that during the operation, troops encountered a Hamas cell that came out of a tunnel. Troops shelled the operatives, killing them, the IDF adds.
The military has focused its ground offensive in northern Gaza, but has also carried out limited incursions in southern Gaza to prepare the area for future stages of the war.
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