Israeli troops have reported that while carrying out activities, they encountered a few terrorists who exited from a tunnel shaft and fired at the soldiers.
A soldier from the 97th Battalion was seriously wounded in battle in the northern Gaza Strip, the military said on Thursday.
He was rushed to hospital for further treatment.
Earlier on Thursday, IDF troops of the 162nd Division and Givati Brigade operated in Eastern Rafah, the military said on Thursday.
The IDF also stated that troops identified four terrorists who were coming out of a building. The terrorists were killed by an Israeli Air Force aircraft, which also destroyed the building.
In a cemetery in Eastern Rafah, troops found launchers and numerous weapons.
According to military sources, “Soldiers of the 401st Brigade found a rocket launcher that was directed at IDF troops. In addition, during operations in the area, forces located and demolished shafts and launchers and killed terrorists.”
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“Furthermore, an aircraft eliminated three terrorists who launched mortar shells toward forces in Rafah.
In parallel, troops of the 98th Division carried out activities at the center of Jabalya, where they killed several Hamas terrorists while in joint operations with the air force, they targeted military buildings where weapons were stored.
Additionally, paratroopers found many weapons, among which were Kalshnikovs, grenades, and explosives.
In a different area of the Strip, forces of the 99th Division, in joint operations with the IAF, killed a leader of a terror squad in hiding and a terrorist who entered Israeli territory on October 7, among others.
In the past day, troops identified and eliminated via air a terror squad armed with military equipment that entered a building.
