Israel Defense Forces (Hamas) fighters took operational control of a port in the Gaza Strip used by the radical Palestinian movement Hamas for terrorist purposes. This was reported by the IDF press service. telegram channel.
In the operation, in which members of the Corps of Engineers and Air Force also participated, 10 tunnel shafts and four structures used by Hamas for attacks were destroyed. The Israeli army neutralized 10 militants.
The IDF alleges that Hamas uses the port as a training base for its naval forces, planning and carrying out terrorist attacks while targeting civilians and ships in the Gaza port.
The situation in the Middle East escalated after thousands of Hamas militants infiltrated Israel from the Gaza Strip on October 7, when Hamas announced the launch of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood. In response, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announcedthat the country is at war.
The aim of Israel’s response to Operation Iron Sword was to repel the attack, release more than 200 hostages, including foreigners, and destroy Hamas. In order to achieve this goal, Israel launched major rocket attacks on the Gaza Strip from the first day of the operation. At the same time, the Israeli National Security Council decided to stop the supply of water, food, goods, electricity and fuel to the sector. Humanitarian aid shipments to Gaza began to be sent through the Rafah checkpoint only after October 20, and it was stated that their volume was insufficient.
27 October Israel announced About the “expansion” of the ground operation in Gaza. It is not known exactly when the operation started, but before the operation, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians fled their homes and moved to shelters and the south of the region. November 5, as part of the ground operation of IDF forces surrounded Gaza city and supplies cut off, still exists in central Gaza to continue fights.
Former Israeli President Isaac Herzog statedThe Hamas command center is located below the central hospital in the Gaza Strip.