Last night (Saturday), the IDF forces raided the homes of senior Hamas officials in Rimal, which is considered the luxury neighborhood of the Gaza Strip. According to the IDF spokesman, the combat teams of the paratrooper brigade in cooperation with armor, engineering and air force forces operated in the area to locate and destroy Hamas infrastructure and assets.
As part of the fighting, the fighters located about 35 tunnel shafts and many weapons and eliminated terrorists. In addition, the fighters of the brigade raided a military camp used by the technical department of Hamas's military intelligence. During the raid the fighters located stockpiles of weapons and 7 rocket launchers.
The Rimal neighborhood is considered the luxury neighborhood of the Gaza Strip where the senior commanders of the terrorist organization Hamas lived. The IDF said that the commanders used the civilian space in the neighborhood for activity and directing terrorism. There are also military outposts and government buildings in the neighborhood.
