IDF says Golani Brigade in ‘significant’ battles with Hamas battalion in Gaza City

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

Golani troops are seen operating in Gaza City, in a handout photo published November 11, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)
Golani troops are seen operating in Gaza City, in a handout photo published November 11, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)

The Israel Defense Forces says troops of its Golani Infantry Brigade have led “significant” battles against the Hamas terror group’s Sabra-Tel al-Hawa battalion in the Gaza Strip in recent days.

It says the Golani Brigade and the 188th Armored Brigade’s 53rd Battalion carried out raids in the southern part of Gaza City’s Sheikh Ijlin neighborhood, during which there were “significant battles with Hamas terrorists.”

The troops killed numerous Hamas operatives and destroyed infrastructure belonging to the Sabra-Tel al-Hawa battalion, including tunnel shafts, rocket launchers, weapons depots, and observation posts, the IDF says.

On November 3, the Hamas battalion commander, Mustafa Dalloul, was killed in an Israeli airstrike.

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