The IDF continued to dismantle large amounts of terrorist infrastructure and eliminated multiple armed terrorists in the Gaza Strip, the military said on Wednesday.
It added that it had located several caches of weapons, including explosives and grenades, in Rafah and Khan Yunis.
Also in Khan Yunis, the IDF carried out targeted raids on terror targets and dismantled compounds based on precise intelligence.
Alongside the Israel Air Force, troops killed several terrorists operating in the same area from which rockets were launched into Israeli territory, the IDF added.
Over the past 24 hours, the IAF carried out targeted strikes on 30 terrorist targets throughout the Gaza Strip, including military structures, armed terrorists, launch sites, tunnel shafts, and an observation post, the IDF said.
Hostage rescue
On Tuesday, Israel recovered the bodies of six hostages from the Khan Yunis area in Gaza, who were murdered in Hamas captivity, the IDF announced.
The bodies of Nadav Popplewell, Yagev Buchshtab, Yoram Metzger, Haim Peri, Alexander Dancyg, and Avraham Munder were rescued by the IDF's 98th Division, the Paratroopers Brigade, Yahalom Unit, and the 75th Battalion, along with Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) personnel.