IDF troops raid Hamas command center, destroy weapons depots in Khan Younis

Troops of the 98th Division and Israeli Air Force foiled an attempt by Hamas to ferry weaponry in a truck to operatives in the Khan Younis area, the military says.

The IDF says the 98th Division spotted two Hamas operatives loading a truck with weapons and called in an airstrike. The truck was destroyed, along with the operatives who fled to a nearby building, it says.

Also in Khan Younis, the IDF says the 7th Armored Brigade raided a Hamas command center in the southern Gaza city, locating a cache of weapons. The IDF says the troops seized assault rifles, handguns, grenades, RPGs, and diving equipment belonging to Hamas’s naval forces.

Two more weapons depots were destroyed by the IDF in Khan Younis, and other caches of weapons were found in various buildings, including the home of a Hamas operative, it says.

Meanwhile, in northern Gaza, the IDF says surveillance soldiers spotted five Hamas operatives in an area where ground forces were operating, and called in an airstrike, killing all five.

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