IDF says 150 targets struck, 40 terror operatives killed during weekend operations in Gaza

Over the weekend, the military says the Israeli Air Force carried out airstrikes on over 150 targets in the Gaza Strip, including cells of terror operatives and Hamas infrastructure.

Since March 18, when Israel resumed its offensive against Hamas, the IDF says it has struck over 1,400 targets in Gaza.

The 282nd Artillery Regiment also struck dozens of targets in recent weeks, in the Morag Corridor area between Rafah and Khan Younis. The IDF says the targets include weapon depots, rocket launching sites, and operatives.

Also over the weekend, the IDF says the 188th Armored Brigade, which is currently operating in the Morag Corridor, killed more than 40 terror operatives and destroyed numerous weapons, as well as a Hamas pickup truck.

Strikes are carried out in the Morag Corridor area of southern Gaza’s Rafah, in a video published on April 19, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)

In Rafah’s Shaboura camp, the military says troops of the Givati Brigade and the elite Yahalom combat engineering unit located and demolished a booby-trapped tunnel. The tunnel was hundreds of meters long, according to the IDF.

A Hamas tunnel in the Shaboura camp of southern Gaza’s Rafah is destroyed, in a video published by the IDF on April 19, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)

The Givati troops located numerous other weapons in the area, the IDF adds.