(Times of Israel) Emanuel Fabian - The IDF said Monday it had taken full control of the Beit Hanoun area in northern Gaza. Soldiers eliminated "many terrorists" there, destroyed their weapons depots, rocket launchers, underground command centers, and significant tunnels, capturing all of the Beit Hanoun battalion's main compounds and strongholds. The IDF arrested a number of Hamas terrorists at a school in Gaza City's Rimal neighborhood, including two who participated in the Oct. 7 massacre in Israel. IDF forces also advanced in the Shejaiya neighborhood of Gaza City. The IDF said it had killed some 600 Hamas operatives there in the past two weeks. Troops also located and destroyed more than 10 tunnel shafts in the neighborhood, seized weapons and intelligence materials, and located and destroyed dozens of rocket launchers.
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