Israeli forces took down 25 “terror towers” in Gaza City at the start of expanded ground operations in the last Hamas stronghold on Tuesday, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Wednesday. Katz warned in the X post that if Hamas does not release the remaining hostages and lay down its weapons, then “Gaza will be destroyed and turned into a monument to the rapists and murderers of Hamas.”
The defense minister also wrote that “to remove any sniper threat above the maneuvering forces, terrorists were neutralized and terror infrastructures were destroyed. Gaza residents were required to move south for their protection.”
Also on Wednesday, the military struck a Hamas weapons storage facility containing explosive devices intended to target IDF troops in the area, the IDF said in a Thursday update. Israeli forces continued to operate in the areas of Khan Yunis and Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Thursday. Over the past 24 hours, troops eliminated terrorists and dismantled dozens of military targets, including observation posts and tunnel shafts. (Read More)
