All current IDF activity is being conducted as part of Operation “Gideon’s Chariots,” a comprehensive campaign launched earlier this month aimed at dismantling Hamas’s remaining military infrastructure in Gaza.
Israeli forces eliminated dozens of terrorists and destroyed key infrastructure in Gaza, including booby-trapped buildings and tunnels; in one operation, an airstrike—coordinated with the Givati Brigade—neutralized terrorists who posed an immediate threat.
Israeli forces targeted key Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists overnight Sunday in a command-and-control compound in Gaza City.
The IDF has eliminated approximately 800 terrorists since ceasefire talks collapsed in March, leading to the launch of Operation Gideon’s Chariots—an offensive aimed at seizing the majority of the Gaza Strip and finally eradicating Hamas from the region.
As the IDF pushes deeper into Gaza, Israel’s Navy is making waves of its own—taking out a Hamas naval commando tied to the October 7th massacre in a precision strike that underscores the military’s full-spectrum assault.
This never-before-seen footage captures the intense battle in Jabalia, Gaza, where IDF Major Hod Shriebman led his unit into combat and was killed in a face-to-face fight with a terrorist squad.
The movement of forces is being carried out slowly and carefully, in contrast to previous operations.
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.
