The battle between Israel and the Palestinian Islamic group Hamas It has been in development for over three months Gaza Stripwhile the Israelis try to dismantle Hamas and its entire operation.

The Israeli army announced this on Thursday found and destroyed Hamas’s main military headquarters in Khan Younisthe group’s stronghold in southern Gaza and where fighting has been going on since early December.

“Soldiers of the Givati ​​Brigade carried out a targeted attack on the barracks, belonging to the southern battalion of Hamas’s Khan Yunis Brigade, and on the offices of the battalion commander and other senior officials,” a statement said.

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That’s where the soldiers were “numerous weapons” And intelligence documentsincluded dozens of hand grenades, AK-47s, ammunition, digging equipment, launchers, RPG missiles, explosives and battle management documentsthe army indicated.

“The battalion complex included a training area for both open and urban warfare, along with operational offices used by Hamas terrorists of the Khan Younis Brigade,” he added.

The army expanded its offensive south of the Strip on December 1, after breaking the only ceasefire reached so far, and immediately reached the outskirts of the city of Khan Yunis, to the north.

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Now the Givati ​​Brigade of the Khan Yunis Fighting Army has managed to reach the southernmost part of the city, where soldiers were eliminated.dozens of terrorists in hand-to-hand combat, with the help of tanks and air support”.

More than 190 Israeli soldiers have been killed in fighting in the Gaza Strip since it began its ground offensive in the enclave in late October; where more than 24,400 Gazans have been killed and more than 61,000 injured. (JO)