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The Israeli army (IDF) stated on Thursday that its forces have “dismantled” Hamas’ Rafah Brigade within the Philadelphia Hall, in a transfer aimed toward closing down the border tunnels to Egypt.
In a press launch, the IDF stated its forces within the 162nd Division had performed “exact, intelligence-based, focused operations within the Rafah space in latest months” and “eradicated greater than 2,000 terrorists.”
Israeli forces have reportedly destroyed 13 kilometers of underground routes and neutralized about 80 p.c of all Hamas tunnels within the strategic safety hall, which runs alongside the border with Egypt.
HEZBOLLAH RELIES ON ‘ADVANCED’ TUNNEL SYSTEM SUPPORTED BY IRAN AND NORTH KOREA IN FIGHT AGAINST ISRAEL
A map of Gaza offered by the Israel Protection Forces reveals Hamas positions alongside the Philadelphia Hall.
The Rafah Brigade was thought-about considered one of Hamas’s final remaining strongholds, the Occasions of Israel.
Israeli forces proceed to conduct operations within the Tel al-Sultan space, positioned within the southwestern a part of Gaza and simply north of the Philadelphia Hall, the place tunnels proceed to be positioned and destroyed.
In line with the Israeli military, throughout an operation within the Tel al-Sultan space, which was first carried out a couple of weeks in the past, the commander of the Tel al-Sultan battalion Mahmoud Hamdan and 250 different Hamas terrorists had been killed.
The Philadelphia Hall has grow to be a serious level of rivalry because the US, with the assistance of Qatar and Egypt, seeks to dealer a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
IRAN THREATENS ‘NIGHTMARE’ FOR ISRAEL AS UN WATCHDOG WARNS NUCLEAR PROGRAMS IN TEHRAN CONTINUE UNCONTROLLED
Israeli troopers stand on the entrance of a tunnel resulting in Egypt, amid the continuing battle between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas within the Gaza Strip, within the Philadelphi Hall space of southern Gaza, September 13, 2024. (Reuters/Amir Cohen)
However all negotiations seem to have reached an deadlock, as Hamas has indicated that it’ll not comply with a ceasefire so long as Israeli troops stay within the Gaza safety hall. Likewise, Jerusalem has rejected all calls to go away the hall, citing safety issues arising not solely from current Hamas terrorists in Gaza, but in addition from threats from the Sinai Peninsula.
Securing the discharge of all hostages taken by the Hamas terror group additionally stays a key challenge for Israel. Officers together with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have warned that there are rising issues that hostages are being smuggled out of Gaza via the Sinai Peninsula and into Iranian arms.
Brig. Gen. Itzik Cohen, commander of the 162nd Division, instructed the Occasions of Israel that his forces had positioned 203 separate however interconnected tunnels within the Philadelphia Hall, 9 of which crossed the border into Egypt.
An Israeli soldier inspects a blocked tunnel crossing from Gaza to Egypt, amid the continuing battle between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas within the Gaza Strip, within the Philadelphi Hall space of southern Gaza, September 13, 2024. (Reuters/Amir Cohen)
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The commander additionally famous that every one 9 tunnels had already been rendered unusable earlier than their discovery by Israeli troopers, both by Egyptian forces or by Hamas forces.
The remaining tunnels that haven’t but been destroyed are at the moment being investigated and might be neutralized as soon as all searches of the tunnels are accomplished.
Israel says Hamas’ prime Rafah Brigade ‘dismantled’ on Philadelphia Hall, 2,000 terrorists killed
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