IDF says troops kill numerous terrorists in Shejaiya, Rafah and central Gaza battles

Israeli troops killed numerous terror operatives over the past day during fighting in Gaza City’s Shejaiya, in Rafah in the Strip’s south, and in the Netzarim Corridor area of central Gaza, the IDF says.

In Shejaiya, where the 98th Division launched a new pinpoint operation two days ago, the IDF says “many terrorists” were killed in exchanges of fire. It also says troops located a weapons depot in a school.

Israeli Air Force drones struck targets in Shejaiya amid the operation there, including several cells of gunmen who were planned to attack troops, the military says.

Meanwhile, in Rafah, the military says troops under the 162nd Division killed several operatives, while the IAF struck many sites belonging to terror groups, including tunnel shafts.

In central Gaza’s Netzarim Corridor, troops under the 99th Division killed several more operatives with machine gun fire, and by directing airstrikes, the military says.

The IDF also says that an anti-tank missile launch site previously used to attack troops was also struck in central Gaza.

A separate drone strike targeted a tunnel shaft adjacent to a rocket launch site in the northern Gaza Strip, used to launch two rockets at Sderot on Friday night, the military says. One of the rockets was intercepted while the other hit an open area.