(Ynet News) Ron Ben-Yishai - Many Hamas operatives lived in the Hamad Towers neighborhood built by the Qataris in Khan Yunis, containing five-story buildings with yards and parking lots for the well-connected. There are many tunnels and rocket launch sites there. Lt.-Col. Nati Biton commands a mixed force of Givati reconnaissance troops, tanks, engineering personnel, and medical and rescue units, methodically clearing the neighborhood this week, with additional assistance from an armed Heron drone and a combat helicopter. Biton reveals that the battalion has lost five soldiers, with many more wounded, some of whom have returned to combat. "Aren't they exhausted?" I ask. "Doesn't seem like it," he responds. "We all know why we're here, and that goes beyond just me and the officers, down to the last fighter....It's not tiring, it's not dull and we can keep going like this for a long time."
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