Israel Attacks Hamas Strongholds in North, South Gaza; Publishes Footage of Hamas Tunnels

We are on the sixtieth day of the war. IDF soldiers are currently fighting in Khan Yunis, the Hamas stronghold in the southern Gaza Strip. The military wing of Hamas consists of two dominant regional brigades that serve as the strongholds for the terrorist organization. These are the Gaza City Brigade and the Khan Yunis Brigade. Our forces are advancing in dismantling Hamas’ military capabilities. The four battalions of the Khan Yunis Brigade have established terrorist infrastructure both above and below ground throughout the area. The terrorists from Khan Yunis played a significant role in the terrorist attack on October 7th, where they infiltrated Israeli territory, committed a massacre, and returned to the heart of Khan Yunis. We are determined to eliminate the terrorists and damage their infrastructure as we did in the Northern Gaza Strip.

In parallel to the fighting in southern Gaza, the battle continues in the north. Our forces are engaged in the strongholds in the heart of Jabalia and Shuja’iyya. In each of these strongholds, integrated attacks from land and air are being carried out, and underground infrastructures are being destroyed. Many terrorists are being killed in face-to-face combat, and weaponry is being located. It’s important to understand that we also release our own videos from the field. When our forces move within the area and clear the space, we encounter and kill terrorists. This is how we operate in clearing the area, and this will also be done in Jabalia, Shuja’iyya, and Khan Yunis.

Overall, since the beginning of the war, we have attacked over 20,000 targets across the Gaza Strip. Today, we will release special footage from a Hamas tunnel of the senior members of the Northern Brigade prior to the war. Most of those present in this photo have been eliminated, from the head of the brigade, Rendor, to other senior figures in the photo. This documentation demonstrates Hamas’s use of terrorist infrastructures beneath civilian infrastructures, and additionally proves the IDF’s effective strikes against the organization’s senior figures in the northern Gaza Strip. This is documentation that we bring from the field, along with additional materials that we are collecting, revealing how Hamas built its operational system within the civilian medium, using civilians as human shields. We reached and killed these senior figures in their underground facilities.

The photo and video Hagari referenced were released on social media:

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צה״ל ושב״כ חושפים תיעוד מיוחד של חמאס – בכירי חטיבת צפון רצועת עזה וחטיבת העיר עזה של ארגון הטרור חמאס בתמונות שטרם נראו מתוך מנהרות חמאס; מרבית הבכירים חוסלו במהלך הלחימה.

לכל הפרטים: pic.twitter.com/hPD8WizY0P

— צבא ההגנה לישראל (@idfonline) December 5, 2023

The IDF and Shin Bet security agency reveal never-before-seen footage showing senior Hamas commanders inside the terror group’s tunnels in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.

An image released by the IDF and Shin Bet shows the senior command of Hamas’s northern Gaza brigade… pic.twitter.com/mLwCoLLURt

— Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian (@manniefabian) December 5, 2023