IDF leadership conducts ground assessment in the Gaza Strip's Jabalya area, with Chief of Staff Halevi pledging continued operations until all hostages are returned.
He disclosed that hospital grounds were used to transport equipment and weapons for launching attacks against Israeli forces.
Hamas terrorists are struggling to move within Jabalya, Beit Lahia, and Beit Hanoun due to the IDF’s aggressive operations in these areas.
After declaring Jabalya nearly cleared, IDF kills dozens of Hamas members.
The IDF called it "another example of Hamas's cynical use of the citizens and civilian institutions in Gaza for terrorist acts in blatant violation of international law."
According to the IDF, locating and killing Hamas forces was made possible by ongoing intelligence collection, operations to trick the forces into an ambush, and both tank fire and soldiers' gunfire.
Inside the operation to take Kamal Adwan hospital; IDF soldier killed; Hamas fires 5 rockets into Israel; 17 in Syria killed by Israeli airstrike - report
Kamal Adwan is an example of the challenge of fighting the terror group in Gaza, and how confident Hamas feels that it can always exploit areas such as hospitals to continue its control of Gaza.
Terrorists had planted explosive devices and booby traps in the area surrounding the hospital’s compound.
Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip killed at least 19 Palestinians overnight and on Tuesday, medics told Reuters.
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