IDF says its entire 252nd Reserve Division is operating inside Gaza

The Israel Defense Forces releases new information on the operations of the 252nd Reserve Division in the Gaza Strip during Israel’s ground offensive which began late last month.

With the 252nd Division fighting in Gaza, it marks the first time since the 1982 First Lebanon War that an entire IDF reserve division is maneuvering in enemy territory.

IDF releases new information on the operations of the 252nd Reserve Division in the Gaza Strip during Israel’s ground offensive which began late last month.

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The IDF says that in recent days the division captured the Beit Hanoun area in northern Gaza, while engaging in battles with Hamas operatives and demolishing the terror group’s infrastructure, including tunnels. It says that since the beginning of the fighting, the 252nd Division has killed hundreds of Hamas operatives, including senior members, in Beit Hanoun and Jabaliya.

The division’s forces also destroyed Hamas compounds, launch positions and tunnel networks, among some 300 targets that were struck in the last week, according to the IDF.

The commander of the division, Brig. Gen. Moran Omer, says it is a “defining moment” for the 252nd Division and the IDF’s reserve army in general.

“We have been preparing for this for years, now it is our duty to restore peace and security to our citizens,” he says. “Our reservists and their families are an expression of our unity, of being willing to defend our people… and of getting only one result: defeating the enemy at every encounter, until victory.”