"Operation Legitimization":
Today (Wednesday) the army held a seminar for foreign reporters and revealed to them terrorist targets near the hospital in Gaza, the school and the factories, as part of the attempts to increase the legitimacy of the IDF for future operations in the Gaza Strip.
The IDF defined the move as a "legitimization operation". According to a senior officer in the IDF, there are actions in the area of legitimacy that are also carried out at the political and diplomatic level, and he said: "This is another action within a chain of actions. It is not natural for us - and it should be natural." .
Near a hospital and a university: the terror sites of Hamas in the heart of the civilian population in Gaza // Credit: IDF spokesperson
Among the targets revealed, an underground terrorist tunnel of Hamas in the neighborhood of Tafah on the outskirts of Gaza, which is located near UNRWA's "Drag" elementary school, which during an emergency serves as a shelter for 2,500 people, and even a Pepsi factory that operates under a franchise. The tunnel is used to store ammunition and Hamas terrorist operatives.
In the photos distributed by the army, you can see the base of the concrete arches in the compound, which are used to build a terrorist tunnel.
He also revealed an entrance to a network of terrorist tunnels near the Islamic University, which has about 20,000 students and is run by Nasser Ismail Farhat.
According to the IDF's information, after Operation "Guardian of the Walls", during which the IDF attacked the network of terrorist tunnels of Hamas, the entrance shaft leading to a network of underground tunnels branching throughout the Tel Hawa area in the south of the Gaza City system was exposed.
The route revealed to foreign reporters, photo: IDF spokesman
Also, the army revealed a site for the production of weapons located about 60 meters from the "Shifa" hospital in Gaza, about 45 meters from a mosque and 55 meters from a clinic.
The site is located in a building used for civil needs, including residences.
In addition to this, an ammunition warehouse was uncovered in the "Elshahid" mosque next to the library, financed by the German investment bank "KFW". The place is in the heart of a neighborhood of hundreds of residents. According to the IDF's information, the place is also used as a warehouse for terrorist operatives. Yes An Amalah warehouse located in the "Abdullah Azzam" mosque in the Nizirat neighborhood was revealed.
The place is surrounded by residential houses and next to UNRA's welfare office. A weapons warehouse near the mosque and the UNRA clinic was also uncovered.
The route revealed to foreign reporters, photo: IDF spokesman
Another target that was presented is a shaft for a terrorist tunnel near a school and a mosque, and even a terrorist tunnel route under a school complex and an ambulance center.
Alongside all of this, it should be noted that the security establishment estimates that the security situation in Gaza is stable, at least for now and they emphasize that what worries Gaza, like the rest of the world, is mainly the cost of living.
Gantz: "Hamas shoots from within the civilian population"
Meanwhile, Defense Minister Benny Gantz today toured the Gaza Strip, with the participation of Deputy Defense Minister Alon Shuster;
Commander of the Southern Command, Major General Eliezer Toledano;
The head of the AMT, Major General Oded Basiouk, and the Gaza Special Operations Command, Brigadier General Nimrod Aloni.
"We are working in a destructive way to create security stability for the residents of the enclave," Gantz said, adding: "We continue to work to return the boys, while allowing the residents of Gaza a better basic economy and continuing to damage Hamas' attempts to strengthen."
"Every military target of Hamas was hit."
The Minister of Defense on a tour of the southern sector, photo: Ariel Harmoni, Ministry of Defense
He also said: "Today, the IDF revealed to the world examples of the depth of Hamas' use of the civilian population, which it chooses to put in the front line of fire.
Hamas shoots from within the civilian population - and into the civilian population.
As Israel is determined to bring peace and stability, so we will be determined to hit every military target of Hamas and the terrorist organizations that threatens the citizens of Israel.
The whole world should be exposed to the crimes committed by Hamas, and a heavy price should be exacted from it today."
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