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Wednesday, August 27, 2025
IDF says troops continuing operations on Gaza City outskirts ahead of planned wider offensive
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleStav Levaton is a military reporter for The Times of Israel
The IDF says ground troops continue to operate on the outskirts of Gaza City ahead of the planned offensive to conquer the northern Gaza city, targeting the remaining Hamas strongholds in the enclave.
According to the military, forces from the 99th Division have been striking Hamas infrastructure both above and below ground, and in the past 24 hours destroyed several observation posts that posed a threat to Israeli troops. At the same time, the 162nd Division has been engaged in fighting in Jabalia and Gaza City’s outskirts in an effort to eliminate operatives from terror groups and dismantle their networks.
Elsewhere, the 36th Division continues its operations in Khan Younis, where the IDF says troops — with air support — killed several operatives and destroyed additional infrastructure.
Separately, an Israeli Air Force strike, guided by the Military Intelligence Directorate and the Shin Bet, killed Mahmoud al-Asoud, commander of Hamas’s General Security Apparatus in western Gaza.
The IDF says al-Asoud played a central role in Hamas’s security apparatus both during the current war and in past years.
The air force, directed by the navy, also struck a naval weapons warehouse and a repair facility for Hamas’s naval armaments in Khan Younis.
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