IDF says troops in Gaza’s Jabaliya demolished Hamas general security HQ, raided home of top PIJ commander

Among recent IDF operations in northern Gaza’s Jabaliya, troops demolished Hamas’s general security headquarters, raided the home of a top Palestinian Islamic Jihad commander, and battled dozens of gunmen, the military says.

The IDF says soldiers of the Paratroopers Brigade led an assault in the Jabaliya market area in recent days, killing some 100 gunmen in dozens of close-quarters encounters in the area’s narrow alleys, and by directing airstrikes and tank shelling.

It describes the fighting in Jabaliya as “high intensity.”

Several booby-trapped buildings were also neutralized by troops in the area, the IDF says. In a video released by the military, an explosive device is seen planted in a store in the market area.

Troops raided and later demolished Hamas’s general security headquarters during the recent operations, the military says. The headquarters had already been raided by the IDF in December, although it was not completely demolished at the time.

In the latest raid, the army says the paratroopers discovered documents and Hamas infrastructure at the headquarters.

The IDF also says troops raided the home of the commander of Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s northern Gaza Brigade, where the forces located a cache of weapons and “many intelligence documents.”

Several more caches of weapons were located in the Jabaliya market area, the military adds.

The military releases footage from the fighting in Jabaliya, some of the captured weapons, the bomb found in the market, and the demolition of the Hamas headquarters.