IDF says troops probing those left in Jabaliya and Shejaiya for ties to Hamas
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Palestinian men said to have surrendered to the IDF in the Jabaliya area of northern Gaza on December 7, 2023. (Social media: used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)
IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari comments on the photos showing Israeli troops detaining dozens of Palestinian men in the Gaza Strip today.
“Jabaliya and Shejaiya are ‘centers of gravity’… for terrorists, and we are fighting them. They are hiding underground and come out and we fight them. Whoever is left in those areas, they come out from tunnel shafts, and some from buildings, and we investigate who is linked to Hamas, and who isn’t. We arrest them all and interrogate them,” Hagari says in response to a question at a press conference.
