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Monday, January 22, 2024
IDF says it raided and destroyed Hamas training base in northern Gaza
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The IDF says it has raided and destroyed a Hamas training base in the northern Gaza Strip.
In a statement, the IDF says the so-called al-Jabari outpost in the area of Gaza City’s Daraj and Tuffah neighborhoods is “one of the largest centers for the training of terrorists.”
The training base featured a mock tunnel, an obstacle course, a swimming pool (used by Hamas to simulate an attack from sea), a mortar firing and gunfire simulator, along with offices of Hamas commanders, the IDF says.
The entire base, along with a nearby tunnel shaft that led to a two-kilometer-long underground passage, was destroyed by the 401st Armored Brigade and combat engineers.
Also in the Daraj and Tuffah area, the 401st Brigade uncovered and destroyed several rocket launchers used in recent attacks against Israel, as well as another site used to fire missiles at Israeli aircraft, the IDF says.
The Times of Israel visited one of the rocket launching sites yesterday.
