From the Liveblog of
Sunday, January 7, 2024
IDF strikes Hamas Nukhba forces, finds Gaza arms, tunnels, destroys rocket launchers
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
In a recap of military operations in the Gaza Strip overnight and yesterday, the IDF says that in central Gaza’s al-Bureij, troops of the Golani Brigade spotted several Hamas Nukhba force members loading a car with weapons.
A drone spotted the cell entering the car, and carried out a strike against them, the IDF says, attaching footage of the overnight strike.
In central Gaza's al-Bureij, the IDF says troops of the Golani Brigade spotted several Hamas Nukhba force members loading a car with weapons.
A drone spotted the cell entering the car, and carried out a strike against them, the IDF says, attaching footage of the overnight… pic.twitter.com/qSjHr5Na8E
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In the same area, another armed Hamas operative was spotted by a drone approaching forces. The IDF says Golani troops directed an airstrike on the gunman.
In the adjacent al-Maghazi, the IDF says Golani soldiers found a tunnel shaft with a cache of weapons hidden inside.
Also in central Gaza, the 646th Reserve Paratroopers Brigade located a weapons manufacturing plant, and nearby, two tunnel shafts. The IDF says troops killed several Hamas operatives during battles in the area.
Meanwhile in northern Gaza, the IDF says troops of the Nahal Brigade spotted the location from which rockets were fired at Ashkelon last week.
It says that troops raided the site in Beit Lahiya yesterday, and located dozens of rocket launchers, which were later destroyed by combat engineers.
The Times of Israel Community.