The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) noted this Tuesday that, in recent days, its forces have killed about 100 Palestinian terrorists in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, where Israel has maintained an offensive since early May.
In addition, the soldiers destroyed weapons and hundreds of infrastructures that were being used by the combatants, according to the military statement.
“The soldiers engaged in a shootout with a terrorist cell that barricaded itself in an apartment in the heart of a civilian neighborhood and managed to eliminate the terrorists.”said the IDF, which also published images of the operations recorded with a drone.
Meanwhile, the IDF does not cease its military offensive along the entire length of the Strip, and since last Friday it has carried out a new ground incursion into Khan Yunis, an important region in the south that has historically been a militant stronghold.
The war broke out on October 7 after a Hamas attack against Israel that left some 1.200 dead and 251 kidnapped, and For months, the international community has been pressuring the parties to sign a ceasefire.
Agencies contributed to this Aurora article.