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Israeli forces in Gaza captured over 200 terror operatives in past week — IDF
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
IDF troops seen operating in the Gaza Strip in this handout photo released December 23, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)
The IDF and Shin Bet say more than 200 Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror operatives were captured in the Gaza Strip over the past week, and taken for questioning.
The joint statement says hundreds of suspects were detained in the Strip over the past week, of which more than 200 were brought to Israel to be interrogated by the Shin Bet and Military Intelligence Directorate’s Unit 504.
It says some of the captured Hamas and Islamic Jihad operatives were hiding within the civilian population, and later surrendered to troops.
So far since the beginning of the ground offensive, more than 700 terror operatives have been captured and brought to Israel, the IDF says.
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