During the weekend, troops dismantled booby-trapped military structures, terrorist infrastructure sites above and below ground, and anti-tank missile posts used by terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip.
Operation Gideon’s Chariots aims to secure full operational control by evacuating civilians, eliminating terrorists, and dismantling Hamas’s command structures and underground infrastructure.
He was killed when an explosive device detonated, collapsing the building onto him.
Averaging over 50 demolitions a week, he’s earned a near-mythic reputation among his unit and far beyond.
The IDF’s 401st Brigade and 162nd Armored Division had begun operations in Gaza’s north as part of ‘Operation Gideon’s Chariots,’ the IDF announced earlier on Tuesday.
Israeli combat units have destroyed dozens of terror command centers, eliminated scores of terrorists, and uncovered hidden weapon stockpiles near tunnel shafts in a series of coordinated ground and air assaults.
Kicking off Operation Gideon’s Chariots, the IDF launched precision airstrikes across Gaza, targeting tunnels, weapons depots, anti-tank sites, and key terrorist infrastructure.
Yahalom unit fighters destroyed a tunnel used by terrorists who killed Captain Noam Ravid and Staff Sergeant Yahli Sharor and injured two others.
Sarhan is said to have overseen intelligence-gathering operations against Israel on behalf of the Al Nasser Salah al-Din Brigades.
Preparation for the ground invasion included attacks by IAF fighter jets on Hamas weapons depots, terrorist operatives, tunnels, and anti-tank launch positions.
The simple, if unpalatable truth is that Israel has failed to replicate its success in Gaza because of the Israeli hostages held by Hamas.
IDF forces eliminated dozens of terrorists, took out key infrastructure, uncovered and destroyed a 2-kilometer strategic tunnel, and seized a trove of Hamas weapons—including rockets, IEDs, launchers, and grenades.
Edan Alexander, an IDF soldier stationed at the Nirim base in southern Israel, was kidnapped by Hamas during the October 7th massacre and held underground in Gaza for 584 harrowing days before his release last night.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reportedly targeted Mohammed Sinwar, brother of Yahya Sinwar—the mastermind behind the October 7th massacre—in a strike on his bunker located beneath the European Hospital in Khan Younis.
Reports from Gaza identified the second fatality in the strike in Khan Yunis as Ahmad al-Qudra, a colonel in Hamas’ internal security apparatus.
The military has called up 60,000 reservists in recent days, who will presumably take part in the operation.
Israel eliminated senior Hamas operative Khalid Ahmad Ahmad via an airstrike near Sidon, Lebanon.
The IDF struck loaded and ready-to-fire Hamas rocket launchers that were aimed at Israeli territory.
The decision not to brace for a possible assault was made by ‘wide consensus’ across the Military Intelligence Directorate and the broader army.
The army’s arrogance, unpreparedness and neglect to arm soldiers were some of the failures noted in a BBC report.
