IDF Operations in Gaza and Lebanon: Daily Situation Update

Terrorist squads were eliminated • Rocket stockpiles and other means of warfare were located • A sniper was eliminated from the air • A launching point where terrorists were staying was attacked • The daily picture of the situation – and the general

N12 | Published 04/02/24 21:02

IDF soldiers in Gaza | Photo: IDF spokesman

For the 121st day, IDF forces have been operating with high intensity in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon. These are the most prominent operations in the last day in both sectors.

Gaza Strip – today

• IDF fighters raided the “Al-Qadsiya” outpost, the main outpost of the Khan Yunis Brigade which contains a training complex with models of kibbutz gates. In the outpost is the brigade’s war room and the offices of senior officials, including Mohammed Sinwar, the brother of Yahya Sinwar. Combat and lathe for the production of weapons
• Dozens of weapons, tunnel shafts and factories for the production of weapons were located in Khan Yunis
• Squads of terrorists who tried to shoot and launch explosives at IDF forces in Khan Yunis were eliminated
• Forces raided the headquarters of the Khan Yunis Brigade and found weapons and technological means
• Eliminated a terrorist armed with a knife and grenades who approached the force in Khan Yunis
• RPG rocket stockpiles were located in terrorists’ houses in Khan Yunis
• A fighter jet killed an Islamic Jihad sniper
• 7 terrorists were killed in the northern Gaza Strip
• In a raid on safes and a Hamas exchange office, more than 3 million NIS were found that were used as terrorist funds
• Weapons were found in raids on buildings in the north of the Gaza Strip
• Fighter planes and navy ships attacked launching positions and other Hamas targets

Inside the Hamas training facility Photo: IDF spokesman

Lebanon Sector – today

• A launch site where terrorists were staying was attacked from the air
• Hizbollah observation posts were attacked from the air in the Belaida area and in the Mis al Jabal area
• A tank attacked a terrorist cell in the area of ​​Leida
• The sources of fire from which rockets were fired at Israel were attacked

The war in Gaza – a general picture of the situation

• Return the kidnapped – 136 Israelis are still being held in the Gaza Strip. Intensive talks are underway to agree on another deal
• North of the Strip – The IDF has defeated the organized Hamas forces in the area and is carrying out targeted operations in the area with the aim of dismantling the pockets of resistance that still remain. Forces the size of a brigade are operating in the area
• The refugee camps in the center of the Gaza Strip – Most of the Hamas forces in the area have been defeated. The IDF continues to operate in camps that have not yet been decided
• Khan Yunis – The area is covered and the IDF is conducting significant fighting there. Two Hamas battalions out of four have been defeated and the other two have been significantly damaged. Large forces of the size of a division are operating in the area
• South of the Strip – The IDF is preparing to operate in the Rafah area. A large refugee population is concentrated in this area, which limits activity. The Philadelphia axis, the border between Egypt and Gaza, is an IDF target, but at the moment the activity there is only sporadic
• the buffer zone – The IDF continues to work to uncover and flatten a security strip of hundreds of meters west of the fence with Israel. This space is almost free of the enemy

The war in Lebanon – a snapshot

• The IDF is prepared with increased regular and reserve forces along the northern border to prevent infiltration, carry out offensive activity across the border and in readiness for a wide war
• The IDF reacts to the shooting at Israel and carries out proactive attacks against Hezbollah targets – headquarters, military depots and the elimination of senior commanders of the organization
• Estimates: A significant part of Hezbollah’s capabilities that were placed a few kilometers from the border were damaged. Most of the Radwan force terrorists (Hezbollah’s elite unit) were removed from near the border
• Israel is working to exert pressure on the international community to implement Resolution 1701 passed by the UN Security Council in 2006, which states that there will be no Hezbollah armed force south of Litani. Despite the pressure, mainly from the US and France, Hezbollah and the Lebanese government refuse to discuss any settlement as long as it continues The fighting in Gaza

The full picture of the war – we were updated in “The Front”

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