Over 300 Hamas targets attacked in past day – IDF
The IDF said it targeted anti-tank missile launch sites, rocket launch posts, and “military compounds inside underground tunnels belonging to the Hamas terrorist organization.”
By SETH J. FRANTZMANOCTOBER 31, 2023 09:32
Israel continued ground operations overnight on the twenty-fifth day of the war against Hamas. The IDF said that it had struck 300 targets overnight. This included anti-tank missile launch sites, rocket launch posts, and “military compounds inside underground tunnels belonging to the Hamas terrorist organization.”
The IDF said that soldiers had several clashes with “terrorist cells” that fired anti-tank missiles and used machine guns.
“The soldiers killed terrorists and directed air forces to real-time strikes on targets and terror infrastructure,” the army explained.
Hamas commander eliminated
In addition, the IDF and Shin Bet killed the commander of Hamas’s Beit Lahia battalion. “IDF fighter jets struck the Commander of the Beit Lahia Battalion of Hamas’s Northern Brigade, Nasim Abu Ajina, who directed the massacre on October 7th in the Kibbutz Erez and Moshav Netiv HaAsara,” the report from the IDF said.
According to the IDF statement, this terrorist was also involved with Hamas’ “aerial array” and had been involved with developing drone and paragliding capabilities.
Hamas has increasingly sought to use drones in the last several years. “His elimination significantly harms the efforts of the Hamas terrorist organization to disrupt the IDF’s ground activities.” Beit Lahia is a town in Gaza north of Gaza City near the border with Israel. It is around 2km from Netiv HaAsara.
Netiv HaAsara is an Israeli community that was targeted on October 7. More than 15 people were killed there.
Over the last several days Israel has expanded operations in Gaza. For instance, on Monday Israel said it had carried out 600 strikes on targets over the previous several days. In addition, IDF ground forces are working closely with the air force to direct strikes. The IDF said yesterday that there were 150 of these strikes coordinated closely with ground forces.
Foreign media reports in Arabic media continue to discuss the extent of Israel’s operations in Gaza and the advance into areas north of Gaza City among other areas. For example, Al-Ain media in the Gulf discussed the degree to which forces have penetrated along the beach south of Zikim.
Content retrieved from: https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-770933.