IDF: Over 30 gunmen killed by troops in Rafah over past day, terror targets destroyed in strikes

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

Israeli troops operating in the Gaza Strip in an undated photo released by the military on July 8, 2024 (Israel Defense Forces)
Israeli troops operating in the Gaza Strip in an undated photo released by the military on July 8, 2024 (Israel Defense Forces)

More than 30 gunmen were killed by IDF troops in southern Gaza’s Rafah over the past day, the military says.

Also in Rafah, the IDF says troops with the 162nd Division located tunnel shafts and weapons.

Meanwhile, in Gaza City’s Shejaiya neighborhood, troops with the 98th Division killed dozens of Hamas operatives — involved in anti-tank attacks and rocket fire on Israel — including by calling in airstrikes, the IDF says.

The IDF says the 98th Division also destroyed sites belonging to terror groups in Shejaiya.

Meanwhile, airstrikes were carried out against two primed rocket launchers in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis, the IDF says.

Separately, Israeli fighter jets and drones carried out a wave of strikes across Gaza overnight, including against what the IDF says was Hamas infrastructure used to plan and carry out attacks against troops in the Strip.

One drone strike targeted a Hamas sniper who had targeted troops in Gaza previously, the military adds.

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