Israeli troops operating in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, Dec. 25, 2023. Photo: IDF<\/p>\n
The Israeli Defense Forces IDF destroyed Hamas\u2019 underground headquarters in northern Gaza, fought terrorists inside two United Nations schools, and secured hundreds of grenades, RPG projectiles, and explosives. Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, who is in hiding, claimed Hamas is \u201ccrushing\u201d\u00a0 the IDF and rejected an Egyptian peace proposal.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n The Israeli Defense Forces IDF released footage on Dec. 25. showing an RPG-wielding terrorist being eliminated by a drone strike.<\/p>\n According to the IDF, as the Nahal Brigade set out for an offensive against Hamas\u2019s Daraj-Tuffah battalion in Gaza City, troops spotted a Hamas operative with an RPG approaching them. The troops called in an airstrike, killing the operative.<\/p>\n The IDF releases footage showing a drone strike on an RPG-wielding Hamas operative in Gaza City today.<\/p>\n According to the IDF, as the Nahal Brigade set out for an offensive against Hamas\u2019s Daraj-Tuffah battalion in Gaza City, troops spotted a Hamas operative with an RPG\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/r6SDcslH7a<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian (@manniefabian) December 25, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n\n The IDF announced the completion of a \u201clarge-scale operation to dismantle the northern underground headquarters of Hamas in Gaza\u201d on Sunday night, JNS reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n Troops retrieved the bodies of five hostages earlier this month after discovering the subterranean tunnel network during activities in Jabalia, the largest of the Gaza<\/a> Strip\u2019s eight refugee camps, JNS wrote. After taking over the camp after intense fighting, killing many terrorists, and finding hundreds of weapons, the IDF uncovered a massive tunnel network serving as the underground headquarters of Hamas, which included two levels\u2014the first nearly 33 feet deep and the second even deeper. The tunnel network included many branches and was used to wage war and conceal the movements of Hamas terrorists.<\/p>\n\n Weapons, infrastructure for the production of weapons, and rooms for emergencies were found. The tunnel network was connected to a shaft that reached the house of Ahmed Ahandor<\/a>, the commander of Hamas\u2019s northern division in the Gaza Strip, who was killed by the IDF last month after serving in the post for 18 years, JNS reports.<\/p>\n The tunnel network was hidden under a school and a hospital, according to the IDF. \u201cAt the end of the mission, the forces destroyed the underground headquarters.\u00a0The destruction of the headquarters in Jabalia is part of the effort to deal with Hamas\u2019s tunnel infrastructure and harm its senior commanders and strategic capabilities.\u00a0This effort continues all the time and is now also being carried out in Khan Yunis and the south of the Gaza Strip,\u201d the IDF said.<\/p>\n \ud83d\udd34WATCH: IDF soldiers exposed Hamas’ northern headquarters. <\/p>\n Dozens of meters deep, the underground headquarters was made up of 2 levels, with an intricate tunnel network\u2014used for directing combat and the movement of terrorists. This network was connected to a shaft leading to\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/rioSighGz0<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) December 24, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n\n Israeli forces also killed terrorists hiding in a school in the Sheikh Radwan area of Gaza City, where the IDF secured hundreds of weapons, including grenades, RPG projectiles, and explosives. Dozens of terrorists were captured and transferred to Israel for further interrogation by\u00a0 Shin Bet.<\/p>\n \u05d1\u05de\u05e7\u05d5\u05dd \u05db\u05d9\u05ea\u05d5\u05ea, \u05e1\u05e4\u05e8\u05d9 \u05dc\u05d9\u05de\u05d5\u05d3 \u05d5\u05ea\u05dc\u05de\u05d9\u05d3\u05d9\u05dd \u2013 \u05db\u05dc\u05d9 \u05e0\u05e9\u05e7, \u05de\u05d8\u05e2\u05e0\u05d9\u05dd \u05d5\u05de\u05d7\u05d1\u05dc\u05d9\u05dd: \u05d1\u05e4\u05e9\u05d9\u05d8\u05d4 \u05de\u05de\u05d5\u05e7\u05d3\u05ea \u05e9\u05dc \u05db\u05d5\u05d7\u05d5\u05ea \u05e6\u05d5\u05d5\u05ea \u05d4\u05e7\u05e8\u05d1 \u05d4\u05d7\u05d8\u05d9\u05d1\u05ea\u05d9 \u05e9\u05dc 401 \u05d5\u05dc\u05d5\u05d7\u05de\u05d9 \u05e9\u05d9\u05d9\u05d8\u05ea 13 \u05e2\u05dc \u05d1\u05ea\u05d9 \u05e1\u05e4\u05e8 \u05d1\u05e9\u05db\u05d5\u05e0\u05ea \u05e9\u05d9\u05d9\u05d7’ \u05e8\u05d3\u05d5\u05d0\u05df \u05e0\u05de\u05e6\u05d0\u05d5 \u05de\u05d0\u05d5\u05ea \u05db\u05dc\u05d9 \u05e0\u05e9\u05e7 \u05d5\u05d0\u05de\u05e6\u05e2\u05d9 \u05dc\u05d7\u05d9\u05de\u05d4 \u05d5\u05d7\u05d5\u05e1\u05dc\u05d5 \u05de\u05d7\u05d1\u05dc\u05d9\u05dd \u05e9\u05d4\u05e1\u05ea\u05ea\u05e8\u05d5 \u05d1\u05de\u05d1\u05e0\u05d4.<\/p>\n \u05dc\u05db\u05dc \u05d4\u05e4\u05e8\u05d8\u05d9\u05dd: https:\/\/t.co\/98KbkviePN<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/uMviJ6ZyfV<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 \u05e6\u05d1\u05d0 \u05d4\u05d4\u05d2\u05e0\u05d4 \u05dc\u05d9\u05e9\u05e8\u05d0\u05dc (@idfonline) December 24, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n\n \u201cWe raided a school where a large population was hiding,\u201d said a deputy company commander of the elite Shayetet 13 commando unit. \u201cAfter the evacuation of the population, many weapons were found in the compound that were hidden among the citizens\u2019 equipment.\u201d<\/p>\n Israeli soldiers fought Hamas terrorists operating inside two United Nations schools in the northern Gaza Strip on Monday.<\/p>\n The military said the terrorists were hiding inside the Al Rafaa and Zavaha schools in the Tuffah neighborhood of Gaza City.<\/p>\n Textbooks, students, classrooms, and explosives\u2014one of these is not like the other\u2026<\/p>\n After evacuating the area, our troops operated to eliminate terrorists, and locate weapons\u2014including grenades, RPG missiles, explosives, and various media devices\u2014inside the school compound. pic.twitter.com\/Otkh70X6lN<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) December 24, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n\n \u201cThis is further evidence that Hamas uses the civilian population and infrastructure in the Gaza Strip as human shields for its terrorist activity,\u201d the IDF stated.<\/p>\n \u05de\u05ea\u05d5\u05da \u05d1\u05d9\u05ea \u05e1\u05e4\u05e8: \u05de\u05d7\u05d1\u05dc \u05d9\u05d5\u05e8\u05d4 \u05dc\u05e2\u05d1\u05e8 \u05dc\u05d5\u05d7\u05de\u05d9 \u05e6\u05d5\u05d5\u05ea \u05d4\u05e7\u05e8\u05d1 \u05e9\u05dc \u05d7\u05d8\u05d9\u05d1\u05ea \u05d4\u05e0\u05d7”\u05dc \u05d5\u05de\u05d7\u05d5\u05e1\u05dc \u05d1\u05de\u05e7\u05d5\u05dd<\/p>\n \u05dc\u05d5\u05d7\u05de\u05d9 \u05e6\u05d5\u05d5\u05ea \u05d4\u05e7\u05e8\u05d1 \u05e9\u05dc \u05d7\u05d8\u05d9\u05d1\u05ea \u05d4\u05e0\u05d7”\u05dc \u05d1\u05d0\u05d5\u05d2\u05d3\u05d4 162 \u05e4\u05e9\u05d8\u05d5 \u05e2\u05dc \u05de\u05e8\u05d7\u05d1 \u05d1\u05ea\u05d9 \u05d4\u05e1\u05e4\u05e8 “\u05d0\u05dc \u05e8\u05e4\u05d0\u05d0” \u05d5-“\u05e6\u05d1\u05d7\u05d4” \u05d1\u05d3\u05e8\u05d2’ \u05ea\u05d5\u05e4\u05d0\u05d7 \u05e9\u05d1\u05e6\u05e4\u05d5\u05df \u05d4\u05e8\u05e6\u05d5\u05e2\u05d4, \u05d1\u05e2\u05e7\u05d1\u05d5\u05ea \u05de\u05d9\u05d3\u05e2 \u05e2\u05dc \u05de\u05d7\u05d1\u05dc\u05d9 \u05d7\u05de\u05d0\u05e1 \u05d4\u05de\u05e1\u05ea\u05ea\u05e8\u05d9\u05dd \u05d1\u05ea\u05d5\u05da \u05d1\u05ea\u05d9 \u05d4\u05e1\u05e4\u05e8>> pic.twitter.com\/SZXrVZbZmh<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 \u05e6\u05d1\u05d0 \u05d4\u05d4\u05d2\u05e0\u05d4 \u05dc\u05d9\u05e9\u05e8\u05d0\u05dc (@idfonline) December 25, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n\n IDF Nahal Brigade troops located dozens of explosive devices hidden inside UNRWA bags, along with AK-47-style rifles and 15 suicide belts.<\/p>\n \u05de\u05d7\u05d1\u05dc\u05d9\u05dd \u05e8\u05d1\u05d9\u05dd \u05e9\u05d4\u05e1\u05ea\u05ea\u05e8\u05d5 \u05d1\u05ea\u05d5\u05da \u05d1\u05ea\u05d9 \u05d4\u05e1\u05e4\u05e8, \u05d6\u05d5\u05d4\u05d5 \u05db\u05e4\u05e2\u05d9\u05dc\u05d9 \u05d7\u05de\u05d0\u05e1 \u05d5\u05d2’\u05d9\u05d4\u05d0\u05d3 \u05d0\u05e1\u05dc\u05d0\u05de\u05d9 \u05d5\u05d4\u05d5\u05d1\u05d0\u05d5 \u05dc\u05d7\u05e7\u05d9\u05e8\u05d4. \u05d7\u05dc\u05e7 \u05de\u05d4\u05de\u05d7\u05d1\u05dc\u05d9\u05dd \u05e9\u05d4\u05d5\u05d1\u05d0\u05d5 \u05dc\u05d7\u05e7\u05d9\u05e8\u05d4 \u05dc\u05e7\u05d7\u05d5 \u05d7\u05dc\u05e7 \u05d1\u05de\u05ea\u05e7\u05e4\u05ea \u05d4-7 \u05d1\u05d0\u05d5\u05e7\u05d8\u05d5\u05d1\u05e8 pic.twitter.com\/VtmNtbHajQ<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 \u05e6\u05d1\u05d0 \u05d4\u05d4\u05d2\u05e0\u05d4 \u05dc\u05d9\u05e9\u05e8\u05d0\u05dc (@idfonline) December 25, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n\n The IDF said that some of the terrorists in the schools were members of Islamic Jihad. Several had participated in the Oct. 7 Hamas massacre of 1,200 people.<\/p>\n The use of the sacks belonging to the U.N. Relief and Works Agency<\/a>(UNRWA) raises further questions about its role in supporting Hamas, JNS wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n Earlier this month, Israeli soldiers discovered more than 100 rockets hidden in UNR<\/a>WA<\/a> boxes inside a home in northern Gaza, according to the IDF. In October, UNRWA reported that fuel and humanitarian aid was stolen from one of its compounds by the Hamas-run Ministry of Health. A released hostage told Israeli Channel 13<\/em> reporter Almog Boker that he was held captive by a UNRWA teacher.<\/p>\n Hamas and Islamic Jihad rejected an Egyptian proposal to relinquish power in Gaza in return for a permanent ceasefire, two Egyptian security sources told Reuters on Monday<\/a>.\u00a0Izzat al-Rishq, a member of Hamas\u2019 political bureau, added: \u201cThere can be no negotiations without a complete stop to the aggression.\u201d<\/p>\n Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh is in Cairo for talks with Egyptian officials. Egypt is the home of the Muslim Brotherhood, which is the parent organization of Hamas.<\/p>\n The United States gives Egypt $1.3 billion in annual military aid despite their ties to Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood.\u00a0 In September, Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken overruled congressional restrictions on U.S. military aid to Egypt,<\/em> approving another $235 million<\/a> for Cairo.<\/p>\n Since 1978, the United States has provided Egypt with more than $50 billion in military aid and $30 billion in economic assistance, according to the State Department.<\/p>\n IDF<\/p>\n In his first public message since the barbaric Oct. 7 massacre,\u00a0 delusional Hamas terror leader Yahya Sinwar claimed from his hiding place that Hamas is \u201ccrushing\u201d the Israeli army.<\/p>\n In his first public message since the massacres of October 7, Hamas leader in Gaza Yahya Sinwar on Monday remained defiant while grossly inflating the terror group\u2019s achievements in the war, Times of Israel wrote. Sinwar is in hiding, presumably somewhere in his hometown of Khan Yunis.<\/p>\n Hamas is facing a \u201cfierce, violent and unprecedented battle\u201d against Israel, Sinwar acknowledged. But he also claimed the terror group was on its way to \u201ccrushing\u201d the Israel Defense Forces and stated Hamas will not submit to \u201cthe occupation\u2019s conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n IDF<\/p>\n Sinwar falsely claimed that the al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, had \u201ctargeted\u201d over 5,000 Israeli soldiers and officers, and killed about third of them \u2014 that is, over 1,500, Times of Israel<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n The actual figure of IDF deaths is one-tenth of what the terror leader alleged, according to the Times of Israel: 156 soldiers have so far been killed in the ground operation in Gaza, and over 300 members of the security forces were killed in Hamas\u2019 October 7 attack.<\/p>\n Sinwar claimed 3,500 Israeli troops were wounded or disabled, whereas the real figure is less than 200, according to the IDF.<\/p>\n Sinwar also claimed Hamas had destroyed 750 Israeli military vehicles. Very few IDF vehicles have been severely damaged, the Times of Israel writes.<\/p>\n Israel has killed at least 7,000 Hamas terrorists so far, Israeli National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi<\/a> said on Dec. 9.<\/p>\n Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited troops in the northern Gaza Strip on Monday, stating the war against Hamas is not close to finished.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are not stopping; we are continuing to battle. We will be intensifying the fighting in the coming days, as this will be a long war. It is not close to over,\u201d Netanyahu told soldiers.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are proud of you and trust you. We see the determination and the desire to continue until the end,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n Netanyahu was joined by Israel Defense Forces Deputy Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Amir Baram and other high-ranking officers.<\/p>\n Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:<\/p>\n To our Christian friends around the world, Merry Christmas.<\/p>\n Christmas is supposed to be a time of good will to all men & peace on Earth. Well, we don’t have peace on Earth, not in our part anyway & we certainly don’t see good will to all men. pic.twitter.com\/dBs5JKXq9Z<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Prime Minister of Israel (@IsraeliPM) December 24, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n\n In his Christmas<\/a> message Sunday night, Netanyahu said the Jewish state was confronting \u201cmonsters who murdered children in front of their parents and parents in front of their children, who raped and beheaded women, who burned babies alive, who took babies, hostages.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThis is a battle not only of Israel against these barbarians, it\u2019s a battle of civilization against barbarism,\u201d Netanyahu said.<\/p>\n On Sunday, Netanyahu said he had told U.S. President Joe Biden<\/a> the war would continue for \u201chowever long it takes.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI appreciate the steadfast U.S. position\u2014which supports our war effort\u2014in the U.N. Security Council<\/a>. I told President Biden yesterday that we will fight until absolute victory,\u201d said Netanyahu.<\/p>\n \u201cOur decisions in the war are based on our operational considerations, and I will not expand further. They are not dictated by external pressure. The decision on how to use our forces is an independent decision of the IDF and nobody else,\u201d said Netanyahu.<\/p>\n The IDF takes significant measures to diminish harm to innocent civilians. Here’s a breakdown of how we do it: pic.twitter.com\/AWvzBeZMph<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) December 25, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n\n The post Hamas Rejects Egyptian Peace Deal as IDF Destroys Underground Hamas HQ, Kills Terrorists in 2 UN Schools<\/a> appeared first on The Gateway Pundit<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Israeli troops operating in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, Dec. 25, 2023. 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