🔴ELIMINATED: Moamen Jabr Al-Sayed Abu Labda, head of a sniper cell in Hamas’ Rafah Brigade.
The terrorist carried out sniper training across Gaza aimed at harming Israeli civilians and IDF troops & attempted to reconstitute Hamas’ capabilities, in systematic violation of the ceasefire.
He was eliminated in order to remove the threat he posed.
🔴ELIMINATED: Muhammad Yazouri, Commander of Hamas’ Khan Younis Brigade in Gaza, alongside Hudheifa Muammar, a company commander, and Muhammad Bahjat Rashi, a terrorist in the same brigade.
Muhammad Yazouri held several roles within the brigade, including Deputy Commander, Commander of the Combat Support Battalion, and Head of the Brigade’s Intelligence Department.
In recent months and as part of his role, Yazouri was responsible for managing the activities of the brigade’s terrorists and directing them to carry out attacks against Israeli civilians and IDF troops.
🎥 WATCH: IDF troops uncovering dozens of weapons, intended for attacks against Israeli civilians & IDF troops, inside Hezbollah’s underground infrastructure in the Ali al-Taher Ridge.
‼️Built over two decades with Iranian funding, Hezbollah’s 5+ km underground complex held command centers, rockets, UAVs, anti-tank missiles and explosives.
The IDF has now dismantled it, removing a significant threat.
🎯DISMANTLED: The underground infrastructure in the Ali al-Taher Ridge area, in the Security Zone, in order to neutralize Hezbollah’s ability to use this infrastructure to plan & carry out terror attacks against Israeli civilians & IDF soldiers.
Dozens of Iranian-made rockets, missiles, UAVs, machine guns, and hundreds of mines & explosive devices, were located inside the underground infrastructure.
Additionally, a central command complex belonging to Hezbollah’s “Badr” Unit was located within the infrastructure. It contained command centers, weapon storage rooms, and living quarters that enabled terrorists to manage combat & remain underground for extended periods.
🔴ELIMINATED: Farah Hamed, a Hamas military wing terrorist responsible for multiple deadly attacks against Israeli civilians and IDF soldiers, in a strike in central Gaza.
Hamed previously served as a senior operative in the “West Bank Headquarters,” carried out several significant terror attacks in the Binyamin area in which Israeli civilians were killed, and took part in the October 2003 shooting attack in Ein Yabrud, in which 3 IDF soldiers were killed.
Hamed was apprehended and released to the Gaza Strip in 2011 as part of the “Shalit prisoner exchange deal.” Since then, he continued to operate in Hamas’ military wing and was involved in recruiting and directing Hamas operatives to advance attacks in Judea and Samaria.
⭕️APPREHENDED: Ismail Ankaio in the Beitunia area in Judea and Samaria, along with an additional wanted individual.
Ankaio was planning to carry out an imminent shooting attack and was apprehended following a week-long pursuit of him.
🔴ELIMINATED: Ismail Ibrahim Darwish Kandil, a Nukhba terrorist in Hamas’ military wing.
The terrorist infiltrated Israel & took part in the killing of the Nahal Brigade Commander, Colonel Yonatan Steinberg, during the October 7 Massacre.
Recently, the terrorist advanced attacks against IDF troops and Israeli civilians and operated to restore Hamas’ capabilities. He was eliminated in order to remove the threat he posed.
🎯DISMANTLED: 3 Hamas weapons storage facilities across Gaza, storing weapons, explosive devices, anti-tank missiles & additional military equipment.
Prior to the strikes, steps were taken to mitigate harm to civilians.
Marking the international day to protect education from attack, let’s look back at some of the times Hezbollah has exploited educational institutions for terror:
1. In the Bint Jbeil area, we located more than 130 Hezbollah weapons in a school.
2. In the Al-Khiam area, we located hundreds of weapons—including anti-tank rockets, grenades and more as well as UNHCR markings at the site.
3. In southern Lebanon, IDF troops found Hezbollah military equipment, uniforms, Radwan force certificates and more inside a school.
4. In the area of Tir Zibneh, we identified Hezbollah terrorists firing rockets toward northern Israel from a launcher they concealed inside a school.
These are only a few examples, but we could go on forever.
IDF soldiers apprehended 3 Palestinian police officers who were involved in setting up a roadblock in Area C near Beitunia, detaining and assaulting an Israeli civilian, while going beyond their authority to operate in those areas.
The police officers are currently being questioned by the security forces.
This incident is a serious breach of the mechanisms in place, and endangered the life of the Israeli civilian and involved the use of severe and excessive force against him.
The IDF maintains security coordination in accordance with the directives of the political echelon. At the same time, the IDF will not tolerate any deviation from established procedures.
🎯DISMANTLED: 3 Hamas & Islamic Jihad weapon storage facilities & a launch pit from which rockets were fired toward Israel throughout the war.
Inside the storage facilities were rockets, Kalachnikov rifles & additional combat equipment. Recently, Hamas terrorists have been using the weapons stored inside them to establish control in Gaza & carry out operations.
🔴 ELIMINATED: A terrorist who attempted to carry out an attack against IDF soldiers in the area of Aqraba.
The terrorist hurled a Molotov cocktail and an explosive device at the soldiers before attempting to attack them with a knife. The soldiers eliminated him. No IDF injuries were reported.
Four additional terrorists were apprehended, including weapons traffickers and a terrorist planning an imminent attack. Troops also located weapons and military equipment.
🔴ELIMINATED: Sabhi Hadr Al-Atham Al-Batrihi, an operative in the Islamic Jihad and Ahmad Fuad Khalil Khalas, a Hamas Nukbah terrorist.
The terrorists took part in planting explosive devices in Gaza and operated against IDF troops and Israeli civilians in systematic violation of the ceasefire. The strike was conducted in order to remove the threat that they posed.
⭕️DISMANTLED: 2 underground tunnel routes with a combined length of ~200 meters in the area of Majdal Zoun in Lebanon.
Inside the tunnels, troops discovered living quarters, 3 launch shafts aimed toward Israel & dozens of weapons. Additionally, the troops located a cache of weapons including mortars, launchers & RPG rockets.
🔴ELIMINATED: Waheed Abu Salam, who previously served as the Commander of the Western Company in Khan Yunis.
Abu Salam infiltrated Israel during the October 7 Masscre and took part in the abduction of Israeli civilians to Gaza and recently advanced additional attacks, including efforts to rehabilitate weapons intended to harm IDF troops.
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The Home Front Command’s engineering teams continue to conduct structural assessments together with the local authorities, prioritizing high-rise residential buildings in order to enable for as many residents as possible to return to their homes.
🔴 ELIMINATED: Mohammed Emad Alrahman Abu Taima, a Nukhba cell commander in Hamas’ military wing, who infiltrated Kibbutz Nirim during the October 7 Massacre.
Taima commanded a Nukhba cell that carried out ambushes against IDF troops. Alongside advancing attacks, he was involved in maintaining the operational readiness of terrorists & recruiting new terrorists to Hamas.