Terrorists “neutralized”
Israel reports capture of Hamas training facility
February 4, 2024, 9:15 p.m
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On Thursday, Israel announced that it would “disband” the Hamas units in Khan Yunis. Now, according to its own statements, the army has managed an important blow in the second largest city in the Gaza Strip: soldiers stormed a training facility that also had access to kibbutz.
The Israeli army said it stormed a Hamas training facility in the Gaza Strip where fighters from the radical Islamic Palestinian organization were preparing for the attack on Israel on October 7th. The facility in Khan Yunis had models of Israeli military bases, armored vehicles and kibbutz access points, the army said. The information could not be independently verified.
Soldiers also searched the office of Mohammad Sinwar, a senior commander of Hamas’s armed wing, the Essedin al-Qassam Brigades, according to the Israeli military. His brother is Jahja Sinwar, who is considered the mastermind of the major attack on Israel on October 7th. During the raid on the site, the armed forces “neutralized” several terrorists using snipers, tank fire and air strikes, the army said.
The war between Israel and the Islamist Palestinian organization has now been going on for almost four months. It was triggered by an attack by Hamas, which is classified as a terrorist organization by the EU and the USA, and other militant Palestinian groups on October 7th. According to Israeli sources, Hamas members killed around 1,200 people that day and kidnapped around 240 others as hostages in the Gaza Strip.
In response to the attack, Israel launched a massive military operation in the Palestinian territory. According to the latest Hamas figures, which cannot be independently verified, at least 27,365 people have been killed in the Gaza Strip since the start of the Israeli offensive.