Israel launches widescale raid in Gaza City’s Zeitoun as fighting intensifies in Khan Younis VIDEO

The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) confirms it has launched a new large-scale raid on Gaza City’s Zeitoun neighbourhood, killing Hamas operatives and locating weapons in the process, while troops continue to battle the terror group in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis.

The IDF says the Israeli Air Force and 215th Artillery Regiment carried out strikes against dozens of Hamas targets in Zeitoun, including observation posts, weapon depots, and tunnels, The Times of Israel reports.

The 401st Armored Brigade then entered the neighbourhood, raiding suspicious buildings.

During the operation so far, dozens of Hamas operatives have been killed in clashes and by airstrikes, according to the IDF.

The IDF says troops have also found weapons inside homes in the area.

The operation in Zeitoun comes after the IDF largely defeated Hamas’s fighting force in northern Gaza, withdrew its forces, and began to focus on smaller raids in designated areas.

Meanwhile, in Khan Younis, the IDF says, troops are “deepening” the fighting against Hamas in the southern Gaza city.

The IDF says the Givati Brigade led an offensive in new areas in eastern Khan Younis, killing many Hamas operatives in the process; the Paratroopers Brigade and Commando Brigade are expanding operations in western Khan Younis; and the 7th Armored Brigade directed airstrikes on two Hamas gunmen on a motorcycle.