IDF says troops killed gunmen, seized weapons in ongoing raid at Shifa Hospital

Fighting against Hamas has continued over the past day at Gaza City’s Shifa Hospital, as well as in southern Gaza’s al-Qarara and the al-Amal neighborhood of Khan Younis, the IDF says in a morning update.

The IDF says at Shifa, troops — from the 401st Armored Brigade, Nahal Brigade’s reconnaissance unit and Navy’s Shayetet 13 commando unit — killed gunmen, seized weapons and located sites belonging to the terror group in the area.

In al-Amal, troops of the Givati Brigade killed several gunmen, including some who tried to attack them with explosive devices, the IDF says.

The Israeli Air Force carried out dozens of strikes across Gaza over the past day, mostly in al-Amal and al-Qarara, which the IDF says was to support the maneuvering ground troops.

The IAF also struck three tunnel shafts in an area from which a rocket was fired toward the border community of Kissufim on Friday, the IDF says.

Meanwhile, in central Gaza, the IDF says troops of the Nahal Brigade killed several terror operatives over the past day.

In one incident, the IDF says Nahal troops spotted a cell moving weaponry and called in a drone strike against them. Large secondary blasts were seen after the strike, according to the IDF. A fighter jet later struck the building the cell was seen leaving, the IDF says.

Two more Hamas cells were struck by drones in northern Gaza after being identified by the 215th Artillery Regiment. Fighter jets later also struck a building used by those operatives, the IDF adds.