The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced that an important stronghold of militants of the Palestinian radical organization Hamas was captured in the Gaza Strip. This was reported by Jerusalem Post.
According to the publication, soldiers of the Givati brigade established control over the base, where they found a large number of operational maps and command documents, including personal data of the current commanders of the terrorist organization.
The IDF press service emphasized that all the discovered data could be important for the success of the Israeli side in the fight against Hamas.
Before that it was known in Israel not surethat the state will have sufficient time to eliminate all forces of the Palestinian Hamas movement.
7 October Hamas forces launched Several thousand rockets were fired at Israel and the launch of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood was announced. Thousands of militants invaded Israeli territory, seizing dozens of military equipment and more than a hundred hostages. In this context, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu announcedthat the country is at war.
The Israel Defense Forces intervention operation was called “Iron Swords” and one of its goals was the destruction of Hamas. Israeli Air Force applied Hundreds of Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip were attacked, and Israel’s National Security Council decided to cut off the supply of water, food, goods, electricity and fuel to the strip. 13 October Israel reported The UN said 1.1 million Palestinians should be evacuated to southern Gaza within 24 hours before a ground operation in Gaza.
Formerly political scientist named One of the reasons why the Palestinian-Israeli conflict flared up.