WATCH: IDF troops continue to root out Hamas from east Rafah
Over the past 40 days, IDF forces have targeted East Rafah’s underground bunkers, eliminating over 40 Hamas terrorists and destroying dozens of terrorist bases and infrastructures.
Over the past 40 days, IDF forces have targeted East Rafah’s underground bunkers, eliminating over 40 Hamas terrorists and destroying dozens of terrorist bases and infrastructures.
The IDF later acknowledged that without the local defenders Yated would have suffered mass casualties.
Hamas has long relied on kidnapping and hostages as a weapon—using innocent lives as bargaining chips to stir violence, gain leverage, and extract Palestinian prisoner releases.
Over the past week, IDF forces in eastern Rafah struck hard—killing more than 20 terrorists, arresting eight others fleeing the tunnels, and wiping out a four-man cell hiding in a targeted structure after a pinpoint airstrike.
IDF forces are sweeping through Rafah, rooting out Hamas terrorists hiding in tunnels, eliminating some, capturing others, and securing the last underground positions.
Israeli forces closed in on Rafah’s remaining tunnel hubs, destroyed major terror infrastructure, struck over 60 targets, seized Hamas weapons, and eliminated or captured terrorists.
Hamas converted entire neighborhoods into massive terror bases with dozens of interconnected tunnel entrances and shafts that conceal terrorists, weapons, and command centers used to fight the IDF.
IDF forces uncovered a 7‑kilometer, 25‑meter‑deep tunnel in southern Rafah holding Hadar Goldin’s body and 80 rooms used by senior Hamas commanders to store weapons and plan attacks.
IDF forces within the ‘Yellow Line’ uncovered an 8-barrel rocket launcher loaded with four rockets, along with Kalashnikovs, grenades, explosives, ammunition, and military uniforms.
Nearly two years after a terrorist’s RPG left Saar with shrapnel wounds, the loss of an eye, and partial hearing, he continues to make daily strides in his journey back to real life.
The Air Force aims to enable quick helicopter and drone strikes on hostile targets during an emergency. By Hezy Laing Fearing a potential October 7-style
The IDF’s 401st Armored Brigade suffered heavy losses in its fight against Hamas, losing 50 soldiers, yet its dedicated rescue unit saved countless others—allowing the brigade to complete its mission and stand united on the battlefield.
Kidnapped during Israel’s 2014 Operation Protective Edge against Hamas in Gaza, Lt. Hadar Goldin was killed and his body taken into a tunnel, where it remained hidden until the current ceasefire.
The IDF demolished four underground tunnels and multiple Hamas strongholds in Khan Yunis, seizing significant stockpiles of weapons, as it presses on with efforts to eradicate lingering threats in the Yellow Line zone.
Any delay could allow Hamas to regroup or escape, undermining months of military gains.
During operations in Gaza’s Shuja’iyya district, IDF Division 252 troops discovered a Hamas weapons depot packed with explosives and rockets hidden among civilians.
Hamas has produced dozens of manipulative hostage videos designed to pressure Israel, sway world opinion, and torment families.
Take a deep dive into Israel’s Yahalom unit, which bravely entered Gaza’s deadly tunnels to recover 18 hostages and bring closure to grieving families.
Hamas terrorists were exposed staging a fake recovery operation—digging up a hostage’s body they had buried earlier, then summoning the Red Cross to falsely claim it had just been found.
The IDF employs a multi-layered detection strategy that integrates various technologies to detect Hamas tunnels.
