ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR: SOUTHERN GAZA

 

In southern Gaza, the IDF conducted extensive operations across major areas, including Khan Younis (East, North, and South), Rafah East, Tel al-Sultan, Yabna, and Shabura, revealing the full scope of Hamas’ entrenched terror network.

Across these sectors, findings indicated the presence of thousands of terrorists, hundreds of kilometers of underground tunnels, and thousands of tunnel entrances, many hidden within civilian infrastructure.

IDF troops also uncovered thousands of land mines and hundreds of missile sites and storage facilities.

The findings in southern Gaza demonstrated Hamas’ deep entrenchment beneath and among civilian neighborhoods, highlighting the organization’s systematic use of the population as human shields and the magnitude of the threat facing IDF forces on the ground.

 

 

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Nasser Hospital

Hamas used Nasser Hospital as a terror launchpad. IDF intelligence revealed that they were keeping the bodies of Israeli hostages inside the hospital. Weapons were found throughout the facility, and hundreds of terrorists operating from command-and-control centers within the hospital were apprehended.

21.08.25

Launch from an area adjacent to the Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis, toward the main corridor for the transfer of aid trucks in southern Gaza

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13.05.25

Command and control center located in the 'Nasser' hospital in Khan Yunis

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Mosque - Khan Yunis

Within this mosque, and many others, the Hamas terrorist organization had embedded military compounds, including sniper positions and observation posts, within densely populated urban areas.

02.02.24

Documents gathered by the IDF reveal Hamas and the Islamic Jihad’s exploitation of mosques in the Gaza Strip for terrorist purposes

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UN School - Khan Yunis

Adjacent to a UNRWA school in Khan Yunis, Hamas had embedded large quantities of weapons, including AK-47s, grenades, RPGs, warheads, and ammunition. The school itself was being used as a humanitarian shelter for Gazan residents, while terrorists exploited a gap in the school wall to access the nearby building and carry out attacks against IDF soldiers. By operating in and around civilian infrastructure, Hamas deliberately endangered innocent civilians.

20.02.24

Weapons located in the compound of a UN school are further evidence of Hamas’ exploitation of the Gazan civilian population for its terrorist activities

 

 

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The European Hospital

Beneath the European Hospital compound lay an underground tunnel network, including a command-and-control center from which senior Hamas commanders, including Mohammad Sinwar and Mohammad Sabaneh, directed operations.

17.06.25

Golani Brigade Combat Team and Yahalom Unit Forces Dismantled an Underground Hamas Compound Beneath the European Hospital

 

 

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