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The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) announced on August 2 that it had completely defeated the Beit Hanoun battalion of Hamas after the last three of the group’s fighters surrendered in the northern Gaza Strip town.
In a statement, the military said that the three fighters emerged from a tunnel and surrendered to its troops in Beit Hanoun.
The fighters told the Israeli troops they had sought to flee the area after another fighter with them was killed during a previous exchange of fire, the military added, noting that the fighters led the troops to a weapons depot near the tunnel from which they emerged, where numerous weapons and equipment were found.
The IDF said the three fighters were taken for further interrogation, the weapons were seized, and combat engineers are mapping out the tunnel ahead of its demolition.
“The Beit Hanoun Battalion, which posed a threat to Nir Am and Sderot, has surrendered and been defeated by Givati Brigade troops,” the military said.
Commenting on the IDF’s announcement, Defense Minister Israel Katz said on X: “Hamas terrorists are surrendering in Beit Hanoun. They are emerging from the burrows into the destroyed city.”
“The IDF is destroying both the above and the underground [infrastructure] to defend the city of Sderot,” the minister added.
The commander of the IDF’s Givati Brigade operating in Beit Hanoun told reporters last week that there were just four or five remaining gunmen in the area.
The IDF’s announcement is questionable, especially considering that this is the fifth time Israeli troops have stormed Beit Hanoun since the outbreak of the war in Gaza. In addition, the military itself admits that many of the town’s battalion fled, including its commander Hussein Fayyad. Earlier this year, the IDF falsely claimed that Fayyad was killed and later acknowledged that he was still alive.
The announcement came as the Israeli government is facing more pressure over the war in Gaza, both internally from the families of the remaining hostages and internationally over the widespread hunger and deteriorating humanitarian situation in the Strip.
Despite losing four soldiers over the past week, Israel recently threatened Hamas with punitive measures, including annexing parts of Gaza, if it does not accept a proposed ceasefire and hostage deal. So far, the group has very much ignored the threat.
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i dismiss any and all claims and announcements from israel . they only had to not violate the four ceasefire agreements to get all thier hostages back . they have destroyed gaza with siege , bombs , bulldozers and drones , they have one wish total press control to further the genocide and land theft . i could find that no aid trucks entered gaza yesterday . of the day before
yep out of control. zionism must be eradicated from the root.
the israeli lie all the time, everywhere and in large quantities. listening to anything they say is an exercise in futility.
israel is a genocidal state and as such should not be listened to.
yes, these are entirely honest reports from truthful jooz, who would never lie to us. all the hamas fighters have been killed, every last one. the only problem is that the kiddie killers of the diaper army are still being sent to joo hell every day. this must be the work of hamas ghosts, who still haunt gaza and search for jooz to eliminate. they are assisted in these endeavours by other denizens of the spirit world, zombies, banshees, vampires, goblins, wraiths and leprechauns,
all marshalled and orchestrated by the ghost of yahya sinwar himself, he has summoned up all these spirit creatures in a big joo hunt that will continue indefinitely in this world and the next. he is planning mass attacks by werewolves shortly. if you hear of emergency appropriations by congress for silver bullets, you’ll know what’s happening. forget patriots and david’s jockstrap, they are useless against the spirit world. more diapers required urgently.
latest intel reports from mossad hq indicate that yahya could be holding at least one full brigade of werewolves in reserve in the southern sector.
you gotta be an idiot to believe anything that comes out a zionists mouth.
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hamas and idf, two sides of the same coin, like polarized forces of attraction shape greater israhell
lying zionist scum.