IDF says it killed another six terror operatives holed up in Rafah tunnel over past week

The IDF says it has killed another six Palestinian terror operatives who were holed up in a tunnel in southern Gaza’s Rafah, on the Israeli side of the ceasefire line, in the past week.

According to the military, troops of the 7th Armored Brigade carried out several “significant actions” in the tunnels in the eastern Rafah area in the past week, “in order to eliminate additional terrorists residing there.”

A week ago, the IDF said troops exchanged fire with several gunmen who emerged from a tunnel in the area.

In a new update, the military says that yesterday, during scans of the area, it was confirmed that three gunmen were killed in that exchange of fire, and the bodies of six more operatives were located after they were “eliminated as part of the operations carried out along the tunnel route.”

Dozens of Hamas operatives were believed to be trapped underground in the eastern Rafah area, on the Israeli side of the ceasefire line. The IDF has reported killing or capturing some 40 of them in recent months.

The IDF says it is continuing to operate in the area “to eliminate the terrorists in the tunnel routes.”