IDF troops kill dozens of gunmen in southern, central Gaza

Troops with the 162nd Division killed some 40 gunmen in the Tel Sultan neighborhood of southern Gaza’s Rafah over the past day, in clashes and by directing airstrikes, the IDF says.

In one incident in Tel Sultan, the military says troops with the Nahal Brigade spotted a cell of RPG-wielding operatives at a building and directed a drone to strike the site.

Further north, in Khan Younis, the IDF says troops with the 98th Division killed several more terror operatives and destroyed sites belonging to terror groups, including rocket launchers used in recent attacks.

In central Gaza’s Netzarim Corridor, reservists with the 252nd Division killed several terror operatives by directing airstrikes, according to the military.

In an incident in the central Gaza area, reservists of the Jerusalem Brigade killed two gunmen who emerged from a tunnel and attempted to plant a bomb near the troops, the IDF adds.