Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
IDF troops operate in the Gaza Strip in an image cleared for publication on April 9, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
Over the past day, the IDF says, it carried out airstrikes on over 45 targets in the Gaza Strip.
The targets included weapons manufacturing sites, primed rocket launchers, buildings used by terror groups, weapon depots, and cells of terror operatives, the military says.
Meanwhile, ground forces continue to operate across the Strip.
In southern Gaza’s Rafah, the IDF says troops of the Gaza Division located several tunnel shafts in the Tel Sultan area.
Nearby, between Rafah and Khan Younis, the 36th Division is advancing in the Morag Corridor area. The IDF says troops located and destroyed several buildings and other infrastructure used by Hamas, along with tunnels, and also killed several operatives.
A tunnel shaft uncovered by IDF troops in the Tel Sultan area of Rafah, in southern Gaza, in an image cleared for publication on April 9, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
In northern Gaza, the 252nd Division is advancing in Gaza City’s eastern Shejaiya neighborhood, where the military says troops killed several operatives in the past day, including by directing airstrikes.
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