Daily Recap: Hamas - Israel War November 20th, 2023 - Day 45

Arena Overview

Important update: there are still a number of rocket launches a day into Israeli territory from Gaza. Each of these rockets are meant to kill and maim Israelis. While most of the civilians closest to Gaza have been evacuated, there is still a risk to those unable to leave.

A full breakdown of all rocket fire into Israel can be found here

Southern Front

Yesterday the IDF continues its efforts to strike Hamas senior and tactical leadership. As part of that, in addition to attacks on terrorist infrastructure and Hamas weapons, IDF fighter jets, directed by IDF and ISA intelligence, killed three additional Hamas company commanders.

Over the last day, the IDF, led by COGAT, helped facilitate the safe evacuation of newborn Gazan babies from the pediatric ward of Shifa Hospital to receive essential medical treatment in Egypt. The coordination of this mission was at the request of Egypt and the Director of the Shifa Hospital. The evacuation was carried out by UN teams with the assistance of IDF teams on the ground. Israeli incubators were provided to the Shifa hospital for the rescue effort of the babies.

Unit 504 of the IDF’s Military Intelligence Directorate is now able to confirm that IDF troops have apprehended over 300 terrorists during the ground operation in Gaza. The terrorists were brought into Israeli territory for further interrogations.

Northern Front

This morning, IDF artillery struck in several locations in Lebanon. A number of launches were then identified from Lebanon into Israeli territory in the areas of Arab al-Aramshe, Biranit and Bar'am. No injuries were reported. As a result of the launches toward the area of Biranit, a fire broke out. The IDF and Israel Fire and Rescue Services arrived at the scene to put out the fire.

In addition, on Monday the IDF targeted a terrorist cell that attempted to launch anti-tank missiles in the area of Marwahin in Lebanon. IDF tanks and aerial forces struck Hezbollah terror infrastructure in Lebanon in response

Another 25 launches were identified from Lebanon toward several locations adjacent to the border, some of which were intercepted and the rest of which fell in open areas.

Three UAVs struck near an IDF post. No injuries were reported. The IDF struck the source of the UAV launches.