IDF says it hit over 150 Hamas targets in past day as fighting rages

The IDF says troops continue to battle Hamas in the Khan Younis area of southern Gaza and Maghazi in the Strip’s center, with strikes carried out against more than 150 targets belonging to the terror group over the past day.

In Maghazi, the IDF says troops of the Golani Brigade directed airstrikes on numerous Hamas operatives, and uncovered 15 tunnel shafts.

During a raid on a Hamas site in the area, the IDF says the Golani soldiers found rocket launchers, rockets, drones, and explosives.

Meanwhile, in Khan Younis, the 98th Division directed airstrikes on more than 10 Hamas operatives in their area of operations, the IDF says.

Dozens more Hamas operatives were killed by the 98th Division’s units over the past day, it adds.

Also in Khan Younis, reservists of the Kiryati Brigade identified a Hamas operative planting an explosive device near a road used by troops. The soldiers called in an airstrike, killing the operative, the IDF says.