The IDF releases new footage showing Hamas’s attack on an army encampment in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis earlier today.
“The troops identified more than 15 terrorists who emerged from a tunnel and opened fire, including RPG fire, at the forces,” IDF Spokesman Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin says in a press conference.
Defrin says that during the battle at the encampment, “the troops repelled the terrorists” and killed at least nine of them. “We estimate that more were hit,” he says.
“In the same incident, several terrorists entered a building where our forces were residing, and the terrorists were eliminated. We are investigating how this occurred, and will draw the necessary conclusions,” Defrin says.
Three soldiers were wounded in the attack, including one in serious condition.
IDF troops repel a Hamas attack on an army encampment in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis, August 20, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
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