IDF says troops captured 250 Hamas, Islamic Jihad operatives during raid in Khan Younis residential complex

The IDF says troops have captured hundreds of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad operatives during its ongoing raid on the Hamad Town residential complex in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis.

The Commando Brigade’s Maglan and Egoz units, along with the Navy’s Shayetet 13 and Shin Bet agents, have been carrying out building-to-building searches in Hamad. The IDF says the high-rise towers in the neighborhood are used by Hamas.

The commandos captured “many” operatives who surrendered to them in the neighborhood, including a Hamas sniper squad commander and two other commanders, the IDF says.

The IDF says the troops also seized firearms, explosives, and military equipment, including scuba gear, in the buildings.

At the same time, the IDF says the 7th Armored Brigade is encircling the Hamad area, and with the Military Intelligence Directorate’s Unit 504, are capturing terror operatives trying to flee with evacuating civilians.

So far, the IDF says the troops have captured 250 Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad operatives, some of whom participated in the October 7 terror onslaught and are members of Hamas’s elite Nukhba force.

The IDF says the interrogations of the operatives provide helpful information for its continued operations in Gaza.