Alongside the new operation in Khan Younis, the IDF says troops continue to

Alongside the new operation in Khan Younis, the IDF says troops continue to battle Hamas further south in Rafah, as well as the Netzarim Corridor area in the central Gaza Strip.

Over the past day, troops with the 162nd DIvision killed dozens of terrorist by calling in airstrikes, tank shelling, using sniper fire, and in close-quarters combat in Rafah, according to the IDF.

An officer with the Nahal Brigade was seriously wounded yesterday in Rafah, by anti-tank missile fire.

In the central Gaza corridor, reservists with the 252nd Division killed "many" more terrorist and demolished sites used by terror groups in the past day, the IDF adds.

Across the Strip, the IDF says it struck more than 60 targets in the past day, including buildings used by terror groups and caches of weapons.