US EditionIsrael Says It Has Killed 40 Fighters over Past Week in Operation to Clear Hamas’ Tunnels in Gaza
Israeli army dismantled dozens of tunnel shafts and infrastructure while killing over 40 militants in Rafah during week-long operations targeting Hamas underground network.
- On Nov 30, the Israeli army said it killed more than 40 Palestinian militants over the past week near Rafah and killed four militants emerging overnight in the southernmost city.
- For 40 days, troops have concentrated efforts around eastern Rafah to dismantle underground tunnel routes and eliminate Hamas fighters hiding within them, sources said.
- Dozens of shafts and infrastructure were dismantled in the area, and Reuters described tunnels beneath the sandy 360 sq km coastal strip as 'a spider's web'.
- Negotiators were reported to be working on the fighters' fate, and on Nov 26 Hamas asked mediating countries to pressure Israel to allow safe passage.
- Amid a fragile ceasefire entered on Nov 30, Israel's retaliatory assault on Gaza has killed at least 70,103 people since Hamas's Oct 7, 2023 attack that resulted in 1,221 deaths.
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Israel says it killed 40 Hamas fighters trapped under Gaza
The Israeli military said on Sunday it had killed more than 40 Hamas fighters holed up in tunnels beneath Rafah in the Gaza Strip over the past week, putting the already fragile ceasefire at further risk. "More than 40 terrorists were eliminated" over the past week, it said in a statement, adding that it had been working to destroy an underground tunnel system east of the city over the past 40 days. Hamas has not yet commented on the Israeli cla…
The Israeli army claimed to have killed more than 40 militant Islamist Hamas fighters in the destruction of tunnels in the Gaza Strip.
On Wednesday, radical Islamic Hamas announced publicly for the first time that fighters are still in the tunnels in the southern Gaza Strip
Hamas had recently publicly admitted that there were still fighters in the tunnels in the Gaza Strip. Israel is now reporting the killing of dozens of terrorist operatives to the organization. In the background, discussions are ongoing on how to deal with the remaining fighters.
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