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Sunday, November 30, 2025
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Sunday, November 30, 2025
IDF hits terror operatives who emerged from Rafah terror tunnel
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Early this morning, the Israeli Air Force struck a group of terror operatives who emerged from tunnels in eastern Rafah — an IDF-held area in the southern Gaza Strip where dozens of Hamas fighters were believed to be trapped in tunnels.
The IDF is currently working to determine their identities, as defense officials suspect that among the members of the cell was the commander of Hamas’s East Rafah Battalion and his deputy.
In recent weeks, the IDF has reported killing over 30 terror operatives and capturing a further eight, after they tried to flee from the tunnels in Rafah.
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