The IDF says troops of the Kfir Brigade killed dozens of terror operatives and

The IDF says troops of the Kfir Brigade killed dozens of terror operatives and destroyed more than 100 Hamas targets in the Khan Younis area, including tunnels.

In one recent incident, the IDF says soldiers of the brigade operating in Bani Suheila, on the outskirts of Khan Younis, encountered a five-man Hamas cell and directed an aircraft to strike them.

After the gun battle, the troops located and destroyed a site where the operatives were holed up, the IDF says.

In another area of Khan Younis, the IDF says the Kfir soldiers found a large cache of weapons, including firearms, grenades, and explosives, some of which were hidden inside bags bearing the logo of UNRWA, the agency for Palestinian refugees in the Strip.

The IDF says combat engineers working alongside the Kfir Brigade destroyed a Hamas command center used by the terror group to plan the October 7 onslaught.

Other Hamas targets destroyed by the troops included observation and anti-tank missile launch positions, tunnel shafts, and underground passages, the IDF says.