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IDF says it has killed 17,000 terror operatives in Gaza since start of war
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari says the military has killed more than 17,000 terror operatives in the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the war.
He says in a press conference that the IDF’s “significant fighting” and achievements harm Hamas’s ability to regroup and recover.
“We are determined to continue this,” he says.
Regarding Hamas’s recent claims that its guards killed a hostage and wounded two others, Hagari says that the terror group is “spreading manipulative messages about the hostages, as part of its attempts to use psychological terror, in order to sow fear and terror among the public.”
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