Deep inside the Gaza Strip: Even today (Tuesday), IDF fighters continue to encircle the Shati area deep inside the Gaza Strip. Among the missions were mopping up the area, mapping the tunnel shafts, and dismantling the infrastructure of the Hamas brigades. Among the challenges facing the fighters are IEDs and booby-trapped tunnels.
IDF attacks in the northern Gaza Strip \\ Credit: IDF Spokesperson
The forces are focused on the hospitals. Rantisi had a long process, which included a conversation with the director of the hospital. The day before yesterday, the entrance to the basement was held, where abductees are suspected of being held. The footage of the basement was published last night, causing Hamas to panic. Parts of the basement area have not yet been scanned, fearing that the area is booby-trapped. Getting there was complicated, with forensics not yet on the scene.
The instructions after the abduction were to bring the abductees to schools and hospitals. This also happened in Shifa and other places. There is intelligence related to the abductees, with all forces concentrating efforts to examine how and where they were evacuated. There is disconnection and frustration within Hamas, while only small squads emerge from time to time. They did not expect such depth of maneuvering. Hezbollah also sees the depth of the maneuver.
Rantisi Hospital compound, photo: IDF Spokesperson
IDF forces continue to open unique traffic routes to hospitals, while efforts are being made vis-à-vis the Egyptians to absorb the Gazans. It should be noted that the humanitarian routes are working, with more than 200,<> evacuated in recent days. This serves the IDF because it leaves the area clean.
Northern Sector
In the north, there are plans of action and control over the level of escalation and the height of the flames, when it is necessary to end with Gaza first. The forces attacked about 200 Hezbollah targets and dozens of terrorist squads.
Armored forces near the Israeli-Lebanese border, photo: Gil Eliyahu-Ginny
In Judea and Samaria as well, counterterrorism activity continues, including the arrest of wanted persons and terrorists. 1,650 wanted Palestinians were detained, 950 of them belonging to Hamas. There is a small handful that commit nationalist crime that will be dealt with because it can lead to escalation on the ground.
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