The Israel Protection Forces posted a video on Tuesday displaying its forces destroying six tunnels spanning almost 4 miles within the Shejaiya neighborhood of Gaza Metropolis that had been utilized by Hamas and different terrorist teams. They killed greater than 150 warriors within the course of and found a big stockpile of weapons.
Watch:
📍Operational updates from Shejaiya:
– Remove 150+ terrorists
– 6 terrorist tunnels destroyed
– Bubby caught buildings are demolished
– Dozens of weapons and intelligence paperwork had been discoveredWhereas analyzing the tunnels, a branching tunnel system was situated. In some… pic.twitter.com/8qpBHd5Csx
— Israel Protection Forces (@IDF) July 9, 2024
A couple of branches housed terrorist hideouts and command and management facilities. A tunnel contained weapons and intelligence paperwork.
Here is an extended clip:
Six tunnels had been situated and destroyed at Shejaia
For greater than per week, the paratroopers brigade, seventh brigade and Yahalom unit beneath the command of the 98th division have been combating on and off the bottom within the Shejaiya space.
The troopers of the division… pic.twitter.com/UoCl0ptgaS
— Israel Warfare Room (@IsraelWarRoom) July 9, 2024
A tunnel was necessary for Islamic Jihad:
The Islamic Jihad tunnel was described because the group’s “flagship” tunnel in Gaza Metropolis, about 1.5 miles in size. It was additionally utilized by the terrorist group as a command base, navy officers instructed The Occasions of Israel.
Different department tunnels had been situated within the coronary heart of the Shejaiya neighborhood, with at the least two reaching near the Israeli border from Nahal Oz, one of many kibbutzim was destroyed on October 7, the Israeli navy mentioned.
The Israeli navy doesn’t consider tunnels close to the border had been used to hold out the October 7 atrocity.
The IDF additionally responded to a social media put up by the UN Company for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) on Monday concerning the plight of Gazan residents, applauding the invention of weapons inside a college and a clinic along with UNRWA uniforms.
9 months into the warfare, our troops proceed to seek out your personnel and gear within the service of Hamas.
Not too long ago, whereas looking a compound with a college and a clinic in Shejaiya space, our troops discovered a weapons manufacturing web site and dozens of weapons, together with mortars,… https://t.co/DlZ2H9Z6sT pic.twitter.com/KeTUG7Dxgn
— Israel Protection Forces (@IDF) July 8, 2024
Not too long ago, whereas looking a compound with a college and a clinic within the Shejaiya space, our troops discovered a weapons manufacturing web site and dozens of weapons together with mortars, machine weapons, grenades and Hamas intelligence paperwork and hidden weapons in @UNRWA uniforms.
The IDF additionally mentioned it discovered three extra tunnels, that are anticipated to blow up within the close to future. They’ve been intensifying their operations in Gaza in latest days to root out terrorists:
The IDF mentioned on Monday it was launching a brand new operation in southern and western areas of Gaza Metropolis – which was the Gaza Strip’s most populous metropolis earlier than the warfare – after discovering that Hamas and Islamic Jihad operatives had regrouped there.
The Israeli navy has once more issued an evacuation warning for many of Gaza Metropolis.
The primary time they found these secret networks was removed from over:
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It’s not clear how lengthy this warfare will final. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has come beneath intense scrutiny over civilian casualties, and President Biden’s assist has been lukewarm at finest. We’ll see what sort of remedy the Prime Minister will get when he heads to Washington, DC to handle Congress on July 24.
In the meantime, for these involved about civilian casualties, I’d advise you to not assault your neighbor and brutally kill and rape its residents.
