IDF Chief vows to pursue Hamas leaders abroad after elimination of Abu Obaida
He also praised reservists preparing to redeploy this week as operations continue in Gaza City, stressing their role in sustaining Israel’s defense.
He also praised reservists preparing to redeploy this week as operations continue in Gaza City, stressing their role in sustaining Israel’s defense.
In late October 2023, the Arab media division of the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit revealed Abu Obeida’s identity, naming him as Hudhayfah Kahlot.
Lubliner was the 114th soldier to fall from the Golani Brigade, which has suffered the most losses in the war.
IDF troops exposed a vast Hamas tunnel network stretching nearly a kilometer with built-in living quarters and weapons.
Formed 20 years ago as a classified offshoot of the Maglan brigade, Unit 6 specializes in ‘exposure-strike’ operations, identifying and neutralizing high-value targets deep in hostile territory.
15 Hamas terrorists were killed but all IDF soldiers survived.
No other army has faced a multi-level threat like the IDF, battling terrorists in Gaza both above and below ground—terrain where some of its toughest soldiers now prefer to fight.
The true size and scope of Hamas’s tunnel network in Gaza only became clear once the IDF began operations in the Strip after Oct. 7—and what they uncovered was astounding.
Meanwhile, on Aug. 13, the IDF killed Muhammad Naif Abu Shamala, a company commander in Hamas’s Nukhba force, the military confirmed on Tuesday.
Military officials said the infiltration was part of Hamas’s wider attack strategy, noting daylight assaults are meant to catch forces off guard.
The key to victory, an expert argued, is to target Hamas’s greatest strategic vulnerability: its reliance on the Gazan population as a human shield.
One of the most promising developments is the deployment of advanced tunnel exploration robots.
‘The only path to victory is to fully dismantle Hamas’s military and governing capabilities.’
Despite nearly two years of IDF presence in Gaza, forces are still uncovering sprawling tunnel networks hidden beneath wide areas—stocked with weapons, food, and supplies.
Regular IDF forces will take the lead in combat zones, replacing reserve units in Judea and Samaria and much of Gaza.
During a March ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, Katz made a near-identical threat, warning the terror group to respect the terms of the truce.
‘Israel doing more for Gaza civilians than Hamas.’
The IDF eliminated around 400 terrorists, destroyed hundreds of Hamas terror sites, and recently uncovered and demolished a 500-meter tunnel in Beit Hanoun.
The airstrikes also destroyed dozens of booby-trapped buildings, causing huge explosions heard as far south as Sderot and the plains region, as hidden IEDs detonated in secondary blasts as well.
The IDF’s 401st Brigade is intensifying its assault in Jabaliya, destroying terror hubs, seizing weapons, eliminating dozens of terrorists, and demolishing nearly 3 kilometers of underground tunnels buried 20 meters deep.
