Tag: Rafah
IDF publishes video of tunnel where hostages were executed
The Israel Defense Forces released a video of the tunnel in Rafah in southern Gaza where Hamas executed six hostages late last month, with military spokesperson Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari taking viewers on a...
IDF: We destroyed 50 tunnels at Philadelphi Corridor in past month
Israel Defense Forces troops over the past month demolished no fewer than 50 tunnels under the Philadelphi Corridor separating the Gaza Strip from Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, the military revealed on Thursday.
“Forces of the ...
IDF takes out Rafah terror cell that fired five rockets
The Israeli Air Force on Thursday morning eliminated a group of terrorists who less than 30 minutes earlier fired five rockets from Rafah in southern Gaza at Israeli border communities.
Israel’s aerial defense array intercepted...
IDF soldier killed, another wounded fighting Hamas in Rafah
Israel Defense Forces Sgt. Ori Itzchak Hadad, 21, from Beersheva, was killed while fighting Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip, the military announced on Monday.
Hadad served as a combat soldier in the Nahal Infantry Brigade’s...
IDF has destroyed half of Hamas’s fighting forces in Rafah
Around half of Hamas’s battalions in its last bastion of Rafah in southernmost Gaza have been dismantled during the current military operation there, the Israel Defense Forces said on Monday.
Furthermore, soldiers from the Armored...
Israeli national security adviser: Hamas war won’t end before 2025
The war against Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip will last at least until the end of the year, Israeli National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi declared on Wednesday.
“We expect another seven months of fighting...
Precise US munitions, which reduce casualties, used in Rafah strike
The precision weapon Israel used in Sunday night’s Rafah strike was designed and manufactured in the United States, according to investigations by CNN and The New York Times, the results of which were published on Wednesday.
Two senior...
IDF’s Rafah operation unaffected by ICJ, ICC steps
Recent moves by the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court at the Hague are having no tangible effect on the Israel Defense Force’s ongoing Gaza operation, aimed at dismantling Hamas’s remaining...
UN Security Council to hold emergency session on Rafah
The United Nations Security Council was set to meet on Tuesday afternoon in an emergency session to discuss Israel’s Sunday night airstrike on Hamas terrorists in southern Gaza, which resulted in tens of civilian...
Egyptian soldier killed after IDF troops targeted at Gaza border
The Egyptian military opened fire at Israel Defense Forces troops stationed on the Gaza side of the Rafah border crossing on Monday.
An exchange of fire followed, with one Egyptian soldier killed.
The IDF confirmed that...