Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
WASHINGTON DC, 4th Nov. According to media reports on Friday the Hamas ambush targeted Golani’s 13th Battalion in northern Gaza Strip, used mortars and drones.
According to Israeli Defence Forces, dozens of Hamas militants were killed on Wednesday night in the Gaza Strip after a failed attempt to ambush Israeli military soldiers.
The IDF stated that Hamas militants emerged from underground tunnels in order to ambush the Israeli troops and tried to take control of their armoured vehicles by firing anti-tank missiles and throwing grenades.
The alert Israeli troops fend off their attack and killed dozens without sustaining casualty on their side.
In a statement released on Thursday morning, the Israeli military said that its ground forces and tanks clashed with Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip overnight in what is being reported by Israeli media was “an intense and chaotic midnight battle” that went on for 3 hours.
The IDF said the Israeli troops were prepared for the attack and retaliated swiftly, killing at least 20 Hamas gunmen. Some, however, managed to escape.
The intense battle continued to rage on Thursday with Israeli troops said they are using artificial intelligence to identify Hamas targets deep inside the Gaza territory.
The IDF announced the death of a senior military officer in Gaza during the battle with Hamas, which brings the deaths to 18 since Tuesday.
Some 333 Israeli soldiers have been killed since the beginning of the war.
Israel is in the second phase of the war that involves a ground operation combined with coordinated air strikes from the Israel air force.
The ground operation was started last week with clear goals – elimination of Hamas and rescue of hostages.
Israel declared a war against Hamas in response to the Palestinian terrorist group waged a brutal attack on October 7 in which over 1,400 people, mostly civilians, were killed.
The militants kidnapped at least 239 people, including foreign nationals from several countries hostage into the Gaza strip after rampaged towns in southern Israel.
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