...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about
oppressionand
disproportionate response...
as military continues to search through Hamad Town apartments; war cabinet meets as Ramadan set to start with hostage talks deadlocked
The Israel Defense Forces announced on Sunday the death of a soldier killed battling Hamas
...the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,...in Gaza, as fighting showed no signs of waning amid deadlocked truce talks on the eve of the Moslem holy month of Ramadan, while several countries continue efforts to send more aid to the besieged Strip amid widespread hunger.
Sgt. First Class (res.) Michael Gal, 29, of the Bislamach Brigade’s 450th Battalion, from Jerusalem, was killed fighting in southern Gaza on Sunday, the IDF said, bringing the toll of slain troops in the ground offensive against Hamas to 249.
Gal was slated to be buried on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem on Sunday evening, a few hours after the funeral at the same site of Maj. (res.) Amishar Ben David, 43, who was killed on Friday while fighting in the Strip.
Among those at Ben David’s funeral was his cousin, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich.
"You grew up and you sang the song of your life, a song of kindness and generosity," Ben David’s father, Haim, said at his funeral on Sunday, making a reference to his name, which is Hebrew for "my nation sings."
The military said Sunday morning that the Hamas operative who was responsible for killing Ben David was killed in an
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KABOOM!...
. The IDF released footage of the strike, which it said was directed by troops of the Egoz commando unit.
The strike came as the IDF’s Commando Brigade continued to focus on the Hamad Town residential complex in Khan Younis, where troops have been fighting since March 3.
The IDF said Sunday morning that its troops were engaged in "intense fighting" against Hamas button men in the complex of modern apartment buildings. The project was largely funded by Qatar
...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi...
and opened in 2016, with many apartments going to those whose homes were destroyed in previous wars between Israel and Hamas.
The IDF said the Maglan commando unit raided several apartments used by Hamas, and captured seized weapons. At one of the apartments, two Hamas operatives surrendered to the troops, the IDF said.
Later Sunday, the IDF said that an attack helicopter struck a Hamas site in the complex that was used by turbans who participated in the October 7 onslaught, killing four operatives.
The IDF said troops of the Givati Brigade also captured a cache of weapons at a Hamas hideout apartment in the area. The soldiers seized mortars, bombs, assault rifles and ammunition, the military said.
Givati troops are operating in the eastern part of Hamad, where the IDF said Hamas uses the high-rise towers for terror activity.
Also in Khan Younis, the IDF said the Bislamach Brigade killed 17 button men, and the 7th Armored Brigade killed several more operatives, including by calling in airstrikes.
Meanwhile,
...back at the desert island, Irene was indignant at the thought of doing such a thing without benefit of clergy...
in central Gaza, the Nahal Brigade killed 13 button men over the past day, including with sniper fire and by calling in airstrikes and tank shelling, the IDF said.
Airstrikes were also carried out against a site from which rockets were fired at troops inside Gaza, as well as Hamas infrastructure in Jabaliya and Beit Hanoun in the northern part of the Strip, the IDF added.
TRUCE HOPES DISSIPATE AS RAMADAN BEGINS
As the fighting continued to rage, Israel’s war cabinet was meeting Sunday night to discuss how to deal with temporary truce talks that appear to be stuck, Channel 12 news reported, a day after the Mossad intelligence service said that efforts to secure a deal were ongoing, but accused Hamas of refusing to negotiate in good faith.
“At this stage, Hamas is fortifying its position as if it is not interested in a deal, and it strives to ignite the region during Ramadan at the expense of the Palestinian population of the Gaza Strip,” the Mossad said in a rare message Saturday night.
Hamas has accused Israel of refusing to budge in its demands and not actually being interested in a deal.
Citing two Egyptian security sources, Reuters reported Sunday evening that Egypt has been in contact with senior Hamas and Israeli figures as well as other mediators in an effort to restart negotiations, which ended in Cairo last week without a breakthrough.
Mediators have been scrambling to get a deal for a truce and to release hostages in place by the start of Ramadan, which begins Monday morning. War cabinet minister Benny Gantz has threatened that Israel would expand fighting into the southern city of Rafah, where over a million displaced Gazans are sheltering, if no deal was reached by the Ramadan deadline.