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The IDF says it has eliminated over 14,000 Hamassholes since the October 7 unprovoked massacre on the Jewish State. Over the last two weeks, the IDF killed about 1,000 terrorists as they ramp up the pressure on the terror group.
Several alternatives for maintaining control of the Philadelphi Corridor are being discussed privately.
Throughout the week, the IDF restructured the deployment of its operating forces in Gaza. Specifically, Division 99, which had been securing the Nitzarim Corridor in the central region of the Strip, was replaced by Division 252, assuming responsibility for that area.
The IDF is intensifying its pressure on Hamas across three critical fronts: Rafah, central Gaza, and the northern Gaza Strip. Meanwhile, the Gaza Division is expanding its comprehensive command and strategic oversight of the operational zones, thereby enhancing their control and coordination efforts.
The objective is to establish a one-kilometer-wide buffer zone along the entire length of the Gaza Strip, adjacent to the border fence with Israel, devoid of infrastructure and buildings, and inaccessible to Gazans. The IDF claims several accomplishments in this effort so far.
The IDF has destroyed several kilometers of tunnels, many of which were functional and extended across the border into Egypt. Some of these tunnels were even large enough for vehicles to pass through.
In Gaza, especially in Rafah, all the tunnels are part of a single interconnected underground network, with each section serving a specific operational or logistical purpose.
For instance, there are defensive tunnels, command complexes, intelligence complexes, tunnels for weapon manufacturing, storage facilities, and attack tunnels that either approach the border with Israel or cross into Egypt. At the same time, the IDF is demolishing hundreds of buildings in Rafah that were used for terrorist infrastructure and operations.
The IDF has observed a significant drop in morale among Hamas operatives, who are struggling to fight effectively. Some operatives have emerged from tunnels and are attempting to regroup within shelter complexes, which the IDF continues to target, including today in Nuseirat. Over the past week, hundreds of terrorists have been neutralized in these operations.
However, Hamas had repurposed the site into a large command center housing hundreds of terrorists. The IDF’s 7th Armored Brigade seized control of the site and eliminated approximately 150 terrorists. In addition, they confiscated all of Hamas's computer, communication, and intelligence equipment found there.
Several IDF sources continue to express confidence that Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif is dead. It's possible Deif was able to leave before the attack without being spotted by surveillance, but it's more likely that he was blown into such small bitesize pieces that even his nose could not be found.
The volume of anti-tank missiles and rocket-propelled grenades decreased to 134 from 652, though due to the larger initial volume of RPGs as opposed to the smaller number of rockets, this still left Hamas with a fairly large inventory of RPGs to conduct ambushes against IDF soldiers nearby.
Moreover, the Hamassholes were down to 133 improvised explosives from 662. This has effected their long-term or strategic fighting, and the IDF says that the terrorists are down to 1,000 to 1,500 rockets. At the beginning of the war, they were believed to have had 15,000 rockets.
Meanwhile, the IDF is concerned Hamas has enough long-range rockets capable of striking Tel Aviv, but it looks as if Hamas has been reduced to a survival mode rather than a group of scumbags who were able to carry out proactive attacks.
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