IDF Forces (IDF)
Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) units are continuing with their advances against the terrorist organization Hamas in the Iron Swords War in Gaza.
The IDF said its Nahal Brigade infantry force, in a “boobytrapped” area that the IDF described as a stronghold for Hamas terrorists in Darj Tuffah neighborhood in Gaza City, directed a combat helicopter that fired at a building to remove the threat and eliminated the terrorists.
Infantry and armored forces from the 50th Battalion’s combat team, operating under the 460th Brigade’s combat team, raided an area of orchards where they located five attack shafts and numerous launch pits.
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Also on Wednesday, during an operation carried out in an orchard, IDF fighters encountered a number of terrorists who fired RPGs and small arms fire at them. In response, the forces eliminated the terrorists with “accurate” fire.
During the attack, armored forces identified two terrorists in the area crawling with weapons toward the forces and eliminated them by firing a tank shell. In addition, during the encounter, an anti-tank missile was fired at the force which did not hit the tank, the armor fighters identified the source of the fire and eliminated the terrorist who tried to attack the force.
IDF Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi held a situation assessment near the border with Lebanon at the IDF Northern Command, with its Commander, Major General Uri Gordin.
The chief of staff said, “Our first task is to return residents safely, and that will take time. Today we approved a variety of plans to continue, and we need to be ready for an attack if necessary. The IDF and within it the Northern Command are at a very high level of readiness. So far the campaign here has been managed correctly and strictly, and this is how it should continue. We will not return the residents without security and a sense of security.”
Thousands of Israelis who live near the border of Lebanon were evacuated soon after the start of the war in Gaza due to the threat of terrorist attacks by Hezbollah, which is based in Lebanon.
