IDF says dozens of Hamas gunmen killed in Khan Younis fighting

The IDF says snipers from the 98th Division’s Paratroopers Brigade took out “many terrorists” in the al-Amal neighborhood of Khan Younis, as troops continued to press battles in Gaza’s second city.

According to the army, dozens of Hamas operatives were killed in the past day,  including 10 Hamas gunmen killed in two separate airstrikes in Khan Younis, some of whom were armed with RPGs.

Troops also “destroyed terror infrastructure and weapons in the area,” the IDF says.

The Maglan commando unit raided several Hamas sites in the southern city, including command centers where operatives were killed by the troops in close-quarters combat, according to the army.

The military publishes footage that it says shows an attack helicopter striking a building and killing gunmen who had opened fire on reservists of the Yiftah Brigade in central Gaza.

The IDF says its 98th Division is continuing an offensive against Hamas in the Khan Younis area, killing dozens of Hamas operatives over the past day.

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In northern Gaza, where troops are conducting mop-up operations to locate Hamas’s remaining infrastructure, the IDF says reservists of the 5th Brigade encountered and killed several gunmen, and located weapons.