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Sunday, October 19, 2025
IDF launches new wave of airstrikes against Hamas targets in Gaza after attack on soldiers
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The IDF announces that it has begun a new wave of airstrikes against Hamas targets in the southern Gaza Strip in response to the attack on troops earlier today.
A military source says that one of the targets is a tunnel system that was previously used by Hamas to hold Israeli hostages.
Palestinian media publishes an image showing the strikes in the Khan Younis area.
Breaking | Israeli occupation aircraft launch a series of brutal airstrikes eastern Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip. pic.twitter.com/hiaywuWFFC
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) October 19, 2025
IDF and Israeli officials had vowed to respond to an attack by terror operatives against soldiers in the Rafah area of southern Gaza this morning, which the military said was a “blatant violation” of the ceasefire.
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