IDF eliminates terrorist, dismantles Rafah tunnel network
Soldiers responded quickly, eliminating the terrorist in order to remove the danger.
Soldiers responded quickly, eliminating the terrorist in order to remove the danger.
In three months of fighting along Rafah’s Yellow Line, the IDF dismantled key tunnel networks, eliminated dozens of terrorists, and destroyed hundreds of weapons sites—including the shaft linked to Master Sgt. Yona Efraim Feldbaum’s killing.
The terrorists emerged from a tunnel shaft, with some attempting to retreat back into the tunnel during the firefight.
In recent weeks, the IDF conducted operations in the Yellow Line area of eastern Rafah, dismantling Hamas terror infrastructure and seizing weapons and surveillance equipment.
Israeli forces eliminated the East Rafah Battalion commander, his deputy, and additional Hamas terrorists after they emerged from Rafah’s underground network—delivering a sharp blow to the group’s remaining command structure.
‘Israel will not tolerate harm to IDF soldiers and will respond accordingly.’
Four terrorists were identified as they exited an underground route in the area. IDF forces, with direction from the Air Force, eliminated them.
Over the past week alone, more than 20 terrorists have been killed and eight others captured while trying to flee from Rafah’s extensive tunnel infrastructure.
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.
The forces opened fire and killed the terrorist to remove the danger.
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.
Four armed terrorists attempted to attack Israeli forces while they were actively engaged in destroying subterranean tunnels.
Over the past 24 hours, soldiers struck an operational tunnel shaft and several ‘military’ structures used by terror groups, according to the IDF.
On Sunday, the Israel Defense Forces announced the official start of the ground phase of the expanded military operation to vanquish Hamas.
Captain Daniel Maimon Toaff, served as a company commander in the Shaked Battalion of the Givati Brigade.
Troops from the IDF’s 188th Brigade arrested a Hamas terrorist commander who participated in the Oct. 7 massacre.
Per the ceasefire agreement, the IDF will retain control of the Philadelphi Corridor during Phase 1 of the ceasefire but will withdraw from the Netzarim Corridor, which divides Gaza in half.
The IDF is still managing to find dozens of weapons in caches located throughout the Gaza Strip and is working to identify and destroy them all.
In a series of 15 operations across Rafah’s neighborhoods, brigade forces dismantled terrorist infrastructure, uncovered weapons, destroyed underground routes with Yahalom unit fighters, and eliminated numerous terrorists through precise air-and-ground coordination.
