The Hamas brigade in Rafah was defeated and over 150 underground tunnels have been destroyed in that space, Yoav Gallad mentioned.
The Israeli armed forces have “defeated” the items of the navy arm of Hamas in Rafah, on the southern tip of the Gaza Strip, on the closed border of the Palestinian enclave with Egypt, Israeli Protection Minister Yoav Gallad mentioned on Wednesday, throughout of his go to to his males within the area.
“The (Hamas) brigade in Rafah was defeated and over 150 underground tunnels have been destroyed” in that space, he assured. He added that he had ordered his troops to concentrate on destroying the remaining underground tunnels on the Gaza Strip's border with Egypt within the close to future.
This morning with the commanders and fighters within the Philadelphia axis – the Rafah Brigade has been defeated and the forces proceed the systematic destruction of the Hamas tunnels within the area.
We should keep in mind the targets of the conflict that we have now set for ourselves and work to attain them – the dismantling of Hamas and the kidnapped Shabbos. pic.twitter.com/IcROXcWxzg
— Yoav Gallant – Yoav Gallant (@yoavgallant) August 21, 2024
The Israeli navy started floor operations in Rafah in early Could, defying worldwide outcry and concern for civilians, to destroy what its employees mentioned have been the remaining forces of Hamas and different Palestinian armed actions there. About 1 million displaced individuals who had taken refuge in Rafah have principally left.
On Could 7, the Israeli military seized the border crossing at Rafah and a slim strip of land on the border referred to as the Philadelphia Hall. This zone has turn into a serious impediment within the ongoing oblique negotiations to conclude a ceasefire settlement.
Hamas calls for the entire withdrawal of the Israeli armed forces from the Gaza Strip. However Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insists his nation's armed forces will keep management of that zone even when a deal is struck to forestall the switch of weapons, ammunition and different items to the small besieged coastal enclave.
The conflict, now in its 321st day, was sparked by an assault by Hamas' navy arm in southern Israel on October 7 that killed 1,199 individuals, principally civilians, in keeping with a depend based mostly on official Israeli knowledge. Of the 251 abductees taken to the enclave that day, 105 are believed to be nonetheless being held hostage within the Gaza Strip, however 34 of them have been declared useless by the Israeli navy.
Greater than 40,200 Palestinians have been killed in large-scale Israeli navy retaliatory operations within the Gaza Strip since then, which have precipitated large destruction, in keeping with Hamas' well being ministry. The ministry doesn’t specify how lots of the victims have been civilians and what number of have been fighters, nonetheless the UN emphasizes that almost all of them have been ladies and kids.
In keeping with official figures from the Israeli armed forces, 333 of their members have been killed within the conflict within the Gaza Strip since floor operations started on October 27.
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