WATCH: IDF neutralizes over 200 terrorists, seizes hundreds of weapons
The IDF also located ten long-range rocket launchers in the Rafah area, diminishing Hamas’ capability to launch attacks into Israel.
The IDF also located ten long-range rocket launchers in the Rafah area, diminishing Hamas’ capability to launch attacks into Israel.
‘Sadly, the IDF leadership has not absorbed the most basic lessons of Oct. 7,’ Halevi lamented.
Hamas fighters are being kept constantly on the run and defeated in one city after another.
‘The entire nation mourns the terrible loss … and I send our condolences from the bottom of our hearts to his family,’ said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
During Operation Protective Edge in 2014, part of the tunnel was destroyed by the IDF, and this time they made sure to completely dismantle it.
Friedman, who served with the Nahal Brigade’s 932nd Battalion, was from Or Yehuda in central Israel.
UAV’s play a crucial role in modern warfare, especially in Gaza, where the IDF can eliminate high quality targets with minimal casualties on both ends and gather intelligence needed to finish off Hamas.
From intelligence to search and rescue, female soldiers play a crucial role in Israel’s war against Hamas.
A preliminary probe found that he was killed by anti-tank missile fire in Rafah.
IDF troops confiscated dozens of weapons and eliminated many terrorists as well in their conquest of ridding Gaza of Hamas and its terror capabilities.
The security plan includes measures to: reinforce local rapid-response teams; upgrade physical barriers, such as fences and gates; and deploy state-of-the-art technologies.
IDF troops found the six bodies hidden behind a false wall inside a ten-meter-deep tunnel, along with explosives and other weapons.
IDF troops continue to operate in Rafah and central Gaza, coordinating airstrikes to destroy vital terror sites from the air, and employing ground units to recover weapons, rockets, or hidden terrorists.
Many soldiers had been in combat for months, missing special family events. Despite this, one unit came together to make the best of it for a fellow soldier expecting a baby.
‘This is not what victory looks like! Don’t stop us!’ soldiers write in open letter to IDF leaders.
Sakhl was also involved in financing and supplying weapons to terrorist cells in Judea and Samaria.
The UAV posed no threat to Israelis residing along the border with the Hamas-ruled enclave, according to the Israel Defense Forces.
The 60-acre site is so realistic, many scenes from the critically acclaimed Israeli TV show, Fauda were filmed here.
‘It’s not clear who is considered the enemy – if it’s the families [of the kidnapped soldiers] or the terror organization who holds the soldier hostage.’
The aerial exchange comes a day after the Israeli military killed three Palestinian Islamic Jihad leaders.