IDF says dozens of Hamas gunmen killed as troops move through Hamad complex

The Egoz commando unit is continuing to search for fighters and weapons at the Hamad Town residential complex in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis, where the IDF says troops have killed dozens of Hamas gunmen recently.

The IDF says the commandos have captured several more Hamas operatives who surrendered to troops.

In one engagement, the IDF says, soldiers came under fire while searching a building. The troops deployed a drone to locate the gunman and launched a shoulder-fired missile at an apartment where the gunman was hiding, killing him. The army publishes graphic footage showing the engagement.

The incident occurred while a mother and two children were in an adjacent room, the IDF says. They were extracted from the building and treated by army medics.

Two more gunmen were killed and another was captured in the incident.

Troops have been methodically fighting through the expansive Qatar-funded residential complex since March 3.