2023-11-22 21:16:00
The Israeli army captured the Hamas headquarters in northern Gaza (X: @idfonline)
The Israel Defense Forces scored an important victory this Wednesday: after weeks of advancing on the Palestinian enclave, they managed to take control of the Hamas headquarters in northern Gaza. Several combatants were killed in the operation.
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The Givati Infantry Brigade entered the Sheikh Zayed neighborhood in the last few hours, located between Beit Hanoun and Jabaliya, and took over this key site for the terrorists’ operations since several senior leaders of the group lived there, including their forces. elite, Nukhba.
Several complexes with tunnel entrances were found on the ground, including a strategic well 50 meters deep and seven meters wide. Also located were a miniature model of an armored vehicle that the IDF usually uses to mobilize, another representation of the border barrier that separates Gaza from Israel and even a space conditioned for the production and launching of missiles.
Part of the weapons found in the complex (REUTERS)
After recording all the findings, the troops proceeded to destroy the site, to prevent it from becoming a new focus of terrorism.
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At the same time, the Brigade advanced on the area and located a white van with weapons and ammunition that, they believe, was used by Hamas to mobilize in the October 7 attacks.
The troops found a vehicle with more weapons and ammunition (X: @idfonline)
Since the beginning of the counteroffensive that Israel launched on the Strip, the troops have made important advances on the ground, not only in the north but also in the east and south, according to what the Army stated over the weekend. Thus, already in the second phase of the military strategy, Benjamin Netanyahu’s troops confirmed the destruction of approximately 400 terrorist tunnel shafts and the loss of dozens of Hamas fighters and senior commanders.
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Most of these underpasses were located under buildings such as hospitals, schools and homes, which were used as a human shield to repel attacks and conceal maneuvers with their façade.
Despite these victories, Israel agreed to pause its offensives for the next four days in exchange for the release of 50 of the 240 hostages the terrorists are holding in Gaza.
Israel approved a four-day ceasefire to allow the release of 50 kidnapped by Hamas (REUTERS)
The agreement was confirmed this Tuesday night, after days of speculation and negotiations led by Qatar, Egypt and the United States. Along with this condition, the main one of the pact, visits by members of the Red Cross to the civilians who will remain captive were defined, as well as the supply of medicines, along with the entry of between 100 to 300 trucks with food, medical aid and fuel. in the enclave, and the release of between 150 and 300 Palestinian prisoners in Israel.
Netanyahu’s cabinet explained that these are women and children who were not convicted of blood crimes.
The truce, which will consist of five phases, will begin this Thursday at 10:00 local time with the transfer of the first ten civilians to Egypt, through the Rafah crossing, and the subsequent release of the Palestinian criminals from the prisons.
Despite this temporary ceasefire, Netanyahu took it upon himself to assure society that this is not the end of the conflict or a definitive pact with the enemy. “I want to clarify, we are at war and we will continue to be at war until we achieve all our objectives: destroy Hamas and return all our captives and missing people,” he declared.
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