Battles continued to rage in Shejaiya and Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, where “many terrorists” were killed, and in Khan Yunis in the south over the past day, the Israeli Defense Forces said on Thursday.
In Shejaiya, soldiers searched a school complex “that served as a central focus of the fighting of the Hamas Shejaiya Battalion,” killing terrorists and destroying terrorist infrastructure in the compound.
הקרבות והלחימה ברצועת עזה נמשכים; לוחמי צה”ל נלחמים בסיוע כוחות אוויר בשג’אעיה, ג’באליה וחאן יונס.
צוות הקרב החטיבתי של הצנחנים חיסל ביממה החולפת מחבלים רבים בצפון הרצועה >> pic.twitter.com/hjhMc05pL4
— צבא ההגנה לישראל (@idfonline) December 14, 2023
In the Khan Yunis area, soldiers found weapons and grenades and destroyed two tunnel shafts, a rocket launch pit and a weapons warehouse.
Near Jabalia refugee camp, IDF forces demolished terrorist infrastructure, located weapons and killed terrorists. A Hamas sniper was eliminated by a helicopter gunship after being identified by ground forces.
Terror groups in Gaza continue to fire rockets into Israel, with sirens sounded in Gaza border communities on Thursday morning.
Also on Thursday morning, the IDF released for publication that Maj. (res.) Elisha Levinshtern, 38, from Harish, was killed in battle in the southern Gaza Strip on Wednesday.
The name of an IDF veteran whose family was notified was allowed to be published:
Major (res.) Elisha Levinstern, BDE, 38, from Mahrish, an armored fighter in the 8104th Battalion, Utsevat Ram (179), was killed yesterday (Wednesday) in a battle in the south of the Gaza Strip.💔 pic.twitter.com/cHeGEJlGUK
— Hertfordshire Friends of Israel 🇮🇱🇺🇦 (@HertfordshireI) December 14, 2023
His death brings to 116 the total number of soldiers killed since the start of ground operations in the Gaza Strip on Oct. 27; 445 soldiers have diedsince the start of the war on Oct. 7.
Lt. Col. Yuval Mazoz will replace Lt. Col. Tomer Grinberg, who was killed in Sheja’ia on Tuesday, as commander of the Golani Brigade’s 13th Battalion, the IDF announced on Thursday.
I’m so sorry about each loss of IDF soldiers! Children that will not be hugged by their dads anymore.
But I wonder if that precision bombing has a lot to do with the many casualties, because the buildings interior are blown out of the houses, but the frames remain and terrorists obviously hide in them.
What about the aid coming in to Gaza? New weapons? Why can’t Bibi tell the world to stop meddling and cut all aid to these Amalekites?
I have unsubscribed to the IDF YouTube channel now, because I’m deeply appalled by the ‘woke’ there that worry about IDF soldiers singing Hebrew prayers in mosques. What a great singer; just watched a nice clip. These soldiers have now been removed!? Is the leaders of the IDF a bunch of hand-wringing women?
Haha! Great comment Lennie. But seriously I love how Israel honours its fallen soldiers. Each one is a hero of the nation and will also have a place in the resurrection as God also will remember them. Let them pray and sing as it brings honour to Him for their victory.