Mission accomplished: IDF completes ten-day Hamad operation in southern Gaza Strip

• Published date: 25 March 2024
• Author: YONAH JEREMY BOB
• Publication title: Jerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)

During the operation, the IDF said that it arrested around 300 Hamas terrorists and killed between 70-100

Egoz and Maglan's special forces were at the forefront of much of the operations, which took over 120 buildings, most of which were seven floors high.

According to the IDF, each floor of each building had around four large apartments with five rooms each and many terrorists.

Further, the IDF said that the terrorists were mostly hardened, more experienced, and very well-armed, including some with sniper rifles and rocket-propelled grenades.

IDF sources described complex fighting against Hamas, which required attacking from multiple angles and using a variety of technologies, aerial support, and artillery and tank support.

Some incidents also involved extremely close-quarters combat.

IDF soldiers encountered hundreds of terrorists at close range

In one incident, an IDF special forces soldier was killed, and several others were wounded when they were hit almost point-blank by a rocket-propelled grenade.

During some battles, Hamas forces used their own family as human shields, with...