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IDF Conducting an "Existential War to Eradicate Evil"
(Israel Hayom) Hanan Greenwood - The Shuja'iya neighborhood of Gaza City is one of the most fortified targets in Gaza. 75% of the civilians have escaped, along with several hundred terrorists, but there are still many hundreds of terrorists hiding there in an entire city of terror tunnels located underneath the neighborhood. Golani Brigade Deputy Commander Lt.-Col. Ohad Moyal says the number of encounters with the terrorists in the neighborhood is very high. The terrorists there - three trained Hamas battalions - had much time to prepare. "We're fighting in the heart of Shuja'iya. Our encounters are mainly on the routes and mainly during the day because they're afraid to come out at night. They're firing RPGs from the alleyways or detonating explosives and escaping. Dozens of missiles have been fired in our direction, but the vehicles are moving and most of the soldiers haven't been hurt." "These are attacks by small groups, four or five people who try to shoot and escape....They come out of the mosques, the schools, and the cemeteries and shoot....Over around 48 hours we killed about 130 terrorists....From our perspective it's an existential war to remove the evil."