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The IDF is set to complete operations in Beit Hanoun within a week, with only about 10 terrorists active in the area.
The IDF released the following statement regarding operations in Beit Hanoun today (Thursday):
"Troops of the Givati Brigade, under the command of the 162nd Division, are operating in the Beit Hanoun area in the northern Gaza Strip as part of Operation “Gideon’s Chariots.”
"As part of the operation, the troops, in cooperation with Yahalom unit soldiers, eliminated a terrorist cell that was inside a tunnel in Beit Hanoun, approximately five kilometers from the Ashkelon–Sderot railway line. The tunnel, which is about two kilometers long, contained living quarters and weapons, including AK-47 rifles and explosive devices.
"So far, Givati brigade troops have eliminated several terrorists in the area and have dismantled terrorist infrastructure and weapons both above and below ground.
"The IDF continues to operate in the Gaza Strip against terrorist organizations in order to protect Israeli civilians."
Watch (Source: IDF Spokesperson):
According to i24 News, operations in Beit Hanoun, an area where IDF soldiers were subject to lethal ambushes even recently, will be completed within a week. The IDF currently assesses that less than 10 active terrorists remain in the area, though the Beit Hanoun Battalion commander has reportedly escaped assassination and is at large, though his family was killed in the strike.