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Wednesday, November 8, 2023
IDF video shows strikes on Hamas anti-tank squad
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The Israel Defense Forces says it struck a Hamas anti-tank missile launch position in the Gaza Strip, killing in a second strike the operatives who attempted to flee.
Troops of the 7th Armored Brigade identified a number of Hamas operatives at the position, which the IDF says connects to a weapons depot via a tunnel.
לוחמי חטיבה 7 זיהו עמדה לשיגור נ"ט ותצפית בה שהו מחבלי חמאס, העמדה חוברה במעבר תת קרקעי למחסן אמצעי לחימה.
הלוחמים הכווינו תקיפה מהאוויר והתשתית נפגעה. המחבלים שנמלטו לגג המבנה חוסלו בתקיפה נוספת >> pic.twitter.com/Pv6aH0p95K— צבא ההגנה לישראל (@idfonline) November 8, 2023
The troops called in an airstrike on the site. Some of the operatives who managed to escape to the roof of the building were hit in a second airstrike, the IDF says.
“There is nowhere to run,” a commander in the 7th Brigade says in a video statement. “Any terrorist who meets the brigade will be eliminated, and any terrorist who tries to escape will fail.”
Separately, the IDF says it struck a mortar-launching squad in the Gaza Strip shortly after it fired projectiles at Israel.
