2023-10-31 09:35:00
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Israel has demolished the West Bank house of Hamas number two
31 oct 2023 . Updated at 1:04 p.m.
The Israeli Army reported this Tuesday that, in the last hours, its troops attacked some 300 targets in the Gaza Stripincluding underground military complexes of the Islamist group Hams, which de facto controls the enclave.
Over the past day, the combined combat forces of the Israel Defense Forces attacked approximately 300 targets, including hidden anti-tank missile and rocket firing positions, as well as military complexes within underground tunnels belonging to the terrorist organization Hamsthe military spokesperson announced in a statement, reported by Efe.
The text also states that during the forces’ ground operations, the soldiers had several confrontations with terrorist cells that fired anti-tank missiles and machine guns at them.
Given this, the troops killed the terrorists and directed the Air Force to attack terrorist targets and infrastructure in real time.
Shortly after, the Army announced that its fighter jets bombed the command center of the Beit Lahia Battalion, in northern Gaza, and Nasim Abu Ajina, one of the commanders of the Hams attack on Israeli territory, was killed on October 7, reports Efe.
Abu Ajina, a military statement added, had also commanded the Islamist group’s air apparatus, including the manufacture of drones.
Since the expansion of its ground operations in the Strip, the Israeli Army has advanced in the direction of Gaza City, reaching the outskirts of the city this Monday, according to Efe.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamn Netanyahu on Monday referred to the advance of troops on the ground, something he said is happening in measured but powerful steps, achieving systematic progress.
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Israel demolishes West Bank house of Hamas number two
On the other hand, the Israeli Army has demolished the house of number two of the political arm of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hams), Sal al Aruriin the town of Arura, north of Ramallah, where the headquarters of the Palestinian Authority Government is located.
The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), which for the moment have not commented on the matter, would have broken into Arura to move to the house of the Hamas military commander in the West Bank and place explosives. Before leaving the city, they destroyed the building, Europa Press reports.
The head of the IDF Central Command, Yehuda Fox, signed the order to demolish the home last Friday, according to the Israeli newspaper. Times ofIsrael.
Last week Al Aruri, who lives in Lebanon, assured that Israel would suffer an unprecedented defeat during its invasion of the Gaza Strip and thanked the Lebanese Shiba party-militia Hezbol for its collaboration.
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