“No Area Without a Tunnel Shaft, No School or Mosque Without Weapons:” IDF Operations in Khan Yunis

Press Release

20.01.24
IDF, Media Center

In the past few days, the 55th Brigade’s forces have been operating against the Eastern Khan Yunis Battalion. During the operation, the forces engaged the enemy, and eliminated a terrorist squad in close-quarters combat. The forces scanned a central Hamas combat zone, neutralized an underground route, dismantled tunnel shafts, located and neutralized observation posts.



Guided by precise intelligence, the forces conducted a targeted raid on terror infrastructure where dozens of rocket launchers, explosive devices and intelligence documents were located. The rocket launchers were dismantled.



In the operation, a soldier of the 71st Battalion, was killed in action. Three IDF soldiers were injured.