IDF Gains Control Of Main Rafah Road As Rafah Offensive Ramps Up

By FrumNews.com 

As the IDF continues to ramp up offense against Hamas strongholds in Rafah, Reuters reported that the IDF secured the main road separating the eastern and western halves of Rafah.

Troops located several underground tunnel shafts in eastern Rafah. On the Gazan side of the Rafah crossing, the troops eliminated several terror cells during close-quarters combat and with an aerial strike. In addition, several sites located in the area of Rafah from which rockets and mortars were fired at Israel over the last few days, including toward the Kerem Shalom Crossing, were struck by IDF aircraft.

On Thursday night, Axios reported that the Israeli Security Cabinet approved the IDS’s “expansion of the area of operation” in Rafah.

Based on intelligence reports, IDF troops have been operating in the Zeitoun area in the central Gaza Strip to eliminate terrorists and dismantle terrorist infrastructure. Over the past day, IAF fighter jets struck a number of terrorists and Hamas terror targets, including a structure rigged with a large number of explosives.

In addition, the IDF struck terrorist infrastructure sites across the Gaza Strip, including anti-tank missile launchers and tunnel shafts.