After Israeli forces eliminated a Hamas cell in the Gaza City neighborhood of Shejaia, they located a tunnel shaft inside of a classroom, the IDF said.
By: Sam Halpern – The Jerusalem Post; jpost.com
Israeli forces on Saturday found a teddy bear packed with ammunition and a hidden sniper rifle, the IDF said.
As part of the 551st Brigade’s operations across the Gaza Strip, the teddy bear packed with weaponry was discovered during a raid of a school used by Hamas for terror purposes. In addition, more weaponry hidden in classrooms was found in UNRWA bags in an adjacent school.
The IDF engaged in close-quarters fighting with a Hamas terror cell in the area of a school compound in the Gaza City neighborhood of Shejaia, the IDF said on Friday evening.
According to the Israeli military report, the fighting took place between the Hamas fighters and soldiers of the 74th Battalion of the army’s 188th Brigade along with LOTAR special forces, an elite counterterrorism unit.
The IDF said that despite an attempt by Hamas to bait the IDF personnel into an ambush, the Israeli forces successfully eliminated the Hamas attackers.
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https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-777286