The IDF is intensifying its operations in Rafah, focusing on expanding the Philadelphi Route and demolishing houses in southern Rafah. Fighting is concentrated in the western part of the city around Zaarab Square, near the Tel Al Sultan neighborhood. An evacuation notice has been issued. Soldiers have discovered hundreds of tunnel shafts and numerous weapons, including anti-aircraft machine guns, vests, ammunition, AK-47s, and systems for remotely activating explosives. The IDF also uncovered RPG missiles and other weapons in civilian areas of Rafah, including under children's beds. Hamas has been accused of using Rafah as a human shield by embedding military assets among civilians. In recent days, IDF troops surrounded an active combat compound, eliminated several terrorists, and destroyed terrorist infrastructure.
The IDF uncovered these rockets hidden under a child's bed in a home in Rafah. This is considered 'normal' in Gaza. https://t.co/oNjDo2Jj3i
Another day, another weapons cache found underneath a child's bed in Gaza In the last few days, IDF troops operating in Rafah surrounded an active combat compound, eliminated several terrorists, located tunnel shafts, and destroyed terrorist infrastructure. The combat compound… https://t.co/Rj9fMGo2OX
All eyes on terrorist RPGs being kept in civilian areas of Rafah: Over the past day, IDF troops in Rafah uncovered huge quantities of weapons, including RPG missiles found during a targeted raid on a Hamas terror facility. Hamas has turned all of Rafah into a human shield. https://t.co/QaGZPAT0aA
Jabaliya—a densely populated civilian area— was transformed by Hamas into a heavily fortified combat zone. The @IDF discovered weapons, firearms, explosives, grenades, and ammunition, along with significant facilities for the production of weapons. 📹: @cogatonline https://t.co/FKU6K9aBE2
RAFAH UPDATE: The IDF is currently focusing on expanding the Philadelphi Route and demolishing houses in southern Rafah. Fighting is centered in the western part of the city around Zaarab Square, at the entrance to the Tel Al Sultan neighborhood. An evacuation notice has been… https://t.co/7cnYIjIi2v
In addition to finding hundreds of tunnel shafts, IDF soldiers have located numerous weapons in Rafah, often hidden among civilians. For instance, today, a brigade found an anti-aircraft machine gun, vests, ammunition, AK-47s, a system for remotely activating explosives and a… https://t.co/vl7W4vHnzN