Israel Defence Forces hit 250 Hamas military targets

Israel Defence Forces hit 250 Hamas military targets VIDEO

27 October 2023 15:21

The Israel Defence Forces said it attacked more than 250 military sites of the Palestinian group Hamas with fighter jets overnight on October 27.

Caliber.Az reports citing the IDF Press Service, that among the targets hit were tunnels, operational command centres and Hamas launchers.

Overnight, the IDF killed Madhath Mubashar, the Commander of the Western Khan Yunis Battalion of the Hamas terrorist organization. Madhath took part in explosives and sniper attacks against Israeli civilian communities and IDF soldiers.

Furthermore, over the past day, IDF fighter jets struck over 250 military targets belonging to the Hamas terrorist organization in the Gaza Strip. These included tunnels, dozens of Hamas operatives, operational command centres, and launch sites.

Overnight, an IDF UAV fell in the Gaza Strip as a result of a technical malfunction. There is no risk of an information breach, and the incident is under review.

The IDF has for several weeks been preparing a full-scale incursion aimed at rooting out the Gaza-ruling combatant group following its murderous October 7 onslaught in southern Israel.

Also Friday, the military said that at least 233 hostages were kidnapped and taken to the Gaza Strip during the devastating assault on October 7.

IDF spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said the military has notified the families of 229 hostages that their loved ones are currently being held in the enclave.

The number does not include four released hostages — mother and daughter Judith and Natalie Ra’anan, who were freed a week ago, and elderly women Yocheved Lifshitz and Nurit Cooper, freed on Monday night.

Hagari said the number is not final as the military continues to investigate new information.

However, a member of a Hamas delegation visiting Russia claimed that the group still does not know where all the people kidnapped by Palestinian terrorists during their attack are being held.

The Hamas official, named as Abu Hamid, claimed in an interview with Russia’s semi-official Kommersant news outlet that the group has always been willing to release civilians, but “needs time to find them.” He additionally claimed members of various groups are holding hostages, and that a ceasefire was needed to allow Hamas to carry out its search, find the hostages and then release them.

The updated hostage figures from the military came after Defence Minister Yoav Gallant on Thursday promised to make “every effort” to return the hostages as he reiterated that a ground operation was looming and vowed to win the war, asserting that the country’s next 75 years largely depend on it.

In a primetime televised address, the defence minister said: “We are in decisive moments. This is a war for our home and we will win it. It’s either us or them.”