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On December 21, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) announced that it had established full “operational control” over Gaza City’s Shejaiya neighborhood.
In a statement, the IDF SAID the 36th Division has completed dismantling the “core capabilities” of the Hamas Movement in Shejaiya. It added troops will continue to carry out limited operations in the neighborhood to destroy the remaining Hamas infrastructure and kill any fighters still hiding.
During the fighting in Shejaiya, Israeli troops encountered and killed many Hamas fighters who opened fire and set off explosives, according to the IDF, which also said that dozens of tunnel shafts and caches of weapons were destroyed.
The IDF also said that troops of the Golani Brigade raided the homes of senior Hamas members and seized intelligence materials in Shejaiya, and the 188th Armored Brigade captured the headquarters of Hamas’s Shejaiya battalion.
Additionally, the Paratroopers Brigade demolished more than 100 buildings used by Hamas in the area, located dozens of tunnel shafts, and arrested many fighters who had surrendered, among them a Hamas company commander.
The Bislamach Brigade also demolished a number of buildings in the neighborhood which were used by Hamas, according to the IDF.
In a separate statement, the IDF announced that it had expanded its ground operations in central Gaza, with the 99th Division carrying out an operation in areas south of Gaza City.
According to the IDF, the 99th Division maneuvered into new areas of central Gaza, to establish “operational control” between Gaza City and refugee camps in the central.
The IDF also said that the division’s 179th Reserve Armored Brigade and 646th Reserve Paratroopers Brigade killed members of Hamas’s Nuseirat battalion and destroyed infrastructure, including tunnels and weapon depots.
Amid the operation, the IDF said an airstrike was carried out against a Hamas cell firing rocket-propelled grenades from a municipal building.
Meanwhile, the division’s Yiftah Brigade continued working to clear the western neighborhoods of Gaza City of Hamas infrastructure, the IDF said. During their operations, the troops found several weapons which were later destroyed by combat engineers.
The reports of Israeli advance in northern and central Gaza coincided with a large-scale rocket attack on Tel Aviv City and nearby areas in central Israel. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack. Hebrew media said 30 rockets were fired at the city. The attack resulted in damage. However, no casualties were reported.
Hamas’ military wing, Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, announced several other attacks against the IDF in Gaza. Two main battle tanks were allegedly blown up and snipers targeted at least three troops in different parts of the Strip.
Overall, the IDF appears to be preparing to further expand its ground operations in Gaza. The ongoing talks with Hamas on a new temporary ceasefire are yet to produce an agreement. The next few weeks will be critical for sure.
more hasbara trash from the infant diaper faggots
the more hamassholes are killed the better for the welfare for palestine.. yahya sinwar must be #ssshiting his pants right now .
zionists are satan
hamas doesn’t seem very helpful. just retreating while israel can blow up the place. but at some point the palestinians and their real friends could take over from them.
“the idf said”
therein lies the problem…
where is yahya sinwar? that pedomaniac scumbag hiding at his bottomless pit raping underaged palestinian girls
where was your god when the germans baked a cake out of the joos? fiddling his thumbs somewhere else. what a pity, you have a fake god
the big israeli chimpout continues
even us inferior amerikan species cockroaches know hamas is a immoral slut ragged monkey clan masochistically taking idf dildos every day
real clever there monkey, did it take you a whole day to think up that dribble you typed up. you are indeed an american moron and american attempt at insults are as bad as your ability to win wars.
day in day out more stacks of whacked baby burning shlomo squatters as they pulverize rubble in gaza and wait for certain death at the hands of the unconquerable palestinian freedom fighters. meanwhile the beast nut’nyahoo is reduced to a slobbering manic waiting for the inevitable dagger from his coalition of ghoul$ gubermint.
the squatter abomination is already dead and jews outside the occupied entity can smell the stink of death on all things chosen. no more hollow co$t lies will remove the stench.
hamas are annoyingly incompetent. they are heading in to the final weeks before israel control all of gaza. it is a matter of time.
and israel has less than 200 killed. that is very impressive for urban warfare,
the amount of videos where hamas snipers are shooting at groups of10 israelis and the bullets are missing by 20 metres is extremely frustrating.
i have seen over 100 hamas sniper shots and only 4 kills.
really it’s been nearly three months and that’s all israel controls, the only thing impressive from the israeli, is their shitty excuse for fighting.