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IDF: Troops nab terror operatives hiding among evacuating civilians in Gaza’s Khan Younis
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The IDF says troops nabbed several terror operatives who attempted to hide among a group of civilians evacuating from combat zones in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis.
According to the IDF, the operatives were captured by the 7th Armored Brigade while trying to flee with the civilian population.
The IDF says the troops killed several more gunmen and located weapons in the area.
Also in Khan Younis, the IDF says the Givati Brigade raided several Hamas sites, locating weapons, and an airstrike was carried out against a Hamas cell operating a drone.
In central Gaza, the IDF says the Nahal Brigade killed several Hamas gunmen over the past day.
Meanwhile in Gaza City, the IDF has continued a large-scale operation in the Zeitoun neighborhood.
The IDF says Nahal troops captured weapons and destroyed a rocket launching site in the area.
במרכז הרצועה, צוות הקרב של חטיבת הנח״ל חיסל מספר מחבלים לאורך היממה האחרונה.
כחלק מהמבצע המתמשך של כוחות אוגדה 162 במרחב זייתון, לוחמי צוות הקרב של חטיבת הנח"ל איתרו אמצעי לחימה והשמידו מתחמי שיגור במרחב>> pic.twitter.com/2FJPpwCwo2— צבא ההגנה לישראל (@idfonline) February 25, 2024
In the nearby Shati camp, the IDF says another Hamas cell operating a drone was targeted in an airstrike.
The Israeli Air Force carried out several more strikes across the Strip over the past day, targeting Hamas’s air unit and several rockets launchers that would have been used to fire projectiles at Israel, the IDF says.
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