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Monday, July 8, 2024
IDF says it launched op in Gaza City’s Tel al-Hawa, troops operating at UNRWA compound used by Hamas
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The IDF confirms launching a new operation in Gaza City’s Tel al-Hawa neighborhood overnight, following intelligence of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad infrastructure and terror operatives in the area.
In a statement, the military says it is also operating at UNRWA’s headquarters in the area, where the IDF previously found significant Hamas tunnel infrastructure and killed and captured numerous gunmen.
The IDF says it has intelligence of new Hamas and Islamic Jihad activity and infrastructure in Gaza City, including weapon caches and detention and interrogation rooms used by the terror groups.
At the start of the operation, the IDF says it warned civilians, adding that it would open up a humanitarian corridor for Palestinians to leave the area.
“The IDF will continue to act in accordance with international law and against the Hamas and PIJ terror organizations, who systematically operate and carry out terrorist activity from inside civilian infrastructure, including UNRWA compounds, which are used by them to plan and carry out terror activity against the State of Israel,” the military adds.
