IDF says it demolished Hamas training complex in Rafah’s Tel Sultan neighborhood

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

Troops of the 401st Armored Brigade operate in southern Gaza's Rafah, in a handout photo published June 23, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
Troops of the 401st Armored Brigade operate in southern Gaza's Rafah, in a handout photo published June 23, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

The IDF says it has raided and demolished a Hamas training complex in the Tel Sultan neighborhood of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.

The so-called Abu Said outpost, belonging to Hamas’s Tel Sultan Battalion, was captured by the 401st Armored Brigade.

The IDF says that at the Hamas base, troops located the office of the commander of the Tel Sultan Battalion, Mahmoud Hamdan, as well as a weapons depot and several tunnel shafts.

The tunnels are being investigated and demolished, the army says.

Also in the outpost, the IDF says troops raided the office of Yasser Natat, a Hamas commander responsible for the Rafah Brigade’s rocket fire on Israel and troops in Gaza.

The 401st Armored Brigade raided a separate training site in the area, where weapons, additional tunnels, and intelligence materials were found, the military adds.

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