IDF says striking terror cells as troops are ‘increasing the pressure’ on Hamas

The IDF says its 98th Division is continuing a large-scale offensive against Hamas in the area of the Khan Younis camp in southern Gaza.

It says troops are “increasing the pressure” on Hamas, while eliminating “many terror cells” with sniper fire, tank shelling, and airstrikes.

Over the past day, the IDF says troops of the Commando Brigade carried out raids on Hamas sites in the Khan Younis camp, where they encountered many operatives, including squads planning to fire anti-tank missiles.

Also amid the operations in Khan Younis, the IDF says the Givati Brigade directed airstrikes on two cells of Hamas gunmen; the 7th Armored Brigade raided a number of Hamas sites, where troops killed several operatives and seized weapons used by the terror group; and the Paratroopers Brigade killed “a large number of terrorists,” in a series of attacks.

Meanwhile, in central Gaza, the IDF says reservists of the Yiftah Brigade spotted a Hamas gunman observing the troops from a building. The soldiers shelled the building, killing the operative.

In northern Gaza, the IDF says the 215th Artillery Regiment directed several airstrikes, killing “many terrorists.”

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