IDF says troops killed around 50 terrorists in Rafah neighborhood over past day

Some 50 terror operatives were killed by troops of the IDF’s 162nd Division in the Tel Sultan neighborhood of southern Gaza’s Rafah over the past day, the military says in a morning update.

The IDF says that in one incident in Tel Sultan, troops of the Nahal Brigade spotted a cell of gunmen heading to attack them, and called in a drone strike.

Further north, in Khan Younis and on the outskirts of Deir al-Balah, the military says an operation being carried out by the 98th Division continues, following intelligence of Hamas infrastructure and operatives in the area.

Troops with the 98th Division killed several gunmen and destroyed dozens of sites belonging to terror groups in the past day, according to the IDF.

Several more gunmen were killed in airstrikes in the central Gaza Strip, directed by reservists of the 252nd Division, who are operating in the Netzarim Corridor area.

Meanwhile, the IDF also announces that it struck a Hamas weapons depot adjacent to the Salah ad-Din School in Gaza City.

Yesterday, the military said it carried out an airstrike against a Hamas command room embedded within the Salah ad-Din School building. It says the weapons depot was in a separate building, located just outside the school compound, and it was hit in a separate strike last night.

The IDF says the building was used to store rockets and other weapons intended to be used to attack Israel.