On video: the IDF destroys a tunnel that crossed the Gaza Strip 02.26.24/doc
The 50th Battalion of the Nahal Brigade overpowered the Zeyton Battalion in the heart of Gaza City, and is assisting in the digging of the tunnels from the north of the Gaza Strip to the south. From the 50th Battalion, Lt. Col. Tomer Seig, says in an interview with Walla from the Zeyton neighborhood that "so far we have eliminated hundreds of terrorists and captured about two hundred buildings that were used Terrorist operatives."
"We have been raiding the Zeyton neighborhood for a week and a half," says Sage. "We are not facing an organization right now.
I feel like I'm dealing with disorganized terrorists.
In the past they were organized.
They often work alone.
This terrorist knows how to fire a rifle or fire an RPG, even if it's the last thing he does.
There is much less enemy here than at the beginning of the maneuver.
The threat is mainly shooting from the side, sniping or anti-aircraft fire tens of meters away from the force. We no longer see the events in Daraj Tupah or a Shatti of eight terrorists carrying out a raid."
Commander of the 50th Battalion of the Nahal, Lt. Col. Tomer Seig (middle), in an activity in the Zitun neighborhood in Gaza/IDF Spokesman
Commander of the 50th Battalion of the Nahal, Lt. Col. Tomer Seig, in action in the Zitun neighborhood in Gaza/IDF Spokesman
What surprised you about the fighting in the Zeyton neighborhood?
"What was astonishing were the large amounts of weapons that are still in areas that we have not been to until now. Hamas is making cynical and unimaginable use of the population."
Why doesn't the population move to Khan Yunis or Rafih?
"Hamas does not allow the population to move south. They are dying to go south. They reach the drains without water and food."
Has the Olive Battalion been defeated?
"There are terrorists here and when we leave there will be terrorists, but they will be few. Their ability to produce command and control is very low."
How do you handle the terrorist houses?
"A house where a terrorist infrastructure was located does not remain standing. It is destroyed."
Activity of the 50th Battalion of the Nahal in the Zeytun neighborhood/IDF spokesperson
What is your challenge now in the Zeyton neighborhood?
"To move from one center of gravity to another of the Zeitoon Battalion. We are in one of these, above ground and below ground. We will dismantle it. Up to the level of computers. We will destroy everything for them so that they will have nowhere to return. We destroy their tunnels."
Did you manage to clear the tunnels from north to south?
"We are in an area that is connected to the network of tunnels. It is branched and very large. The progress of the division in the last week is incomprehensible, because the amount of meters in the tunnels under the area we are in is very large. Above ground there are attempts to move from south to north, but we do not allow it."
What about Rafih?
"(Laughs) whenever they say. We are ready for any mission as long as it will help us bring the abductees home and finish this organization once and for all."
what about the house
"In the last four and a half months, I have been at home in Mesath for five days. The woman is strong, she doesn't have much of a choice. But the people are with us. We believe in the justice of this war. There is a spirit behind us. We are here at the front. The fighters feel it."
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