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Israel raids terrorists' luxury homes, take over parliament and police HQs in Gaza

2023-11-22

[NYPOST] Israel raided Hamas terrorists’ luxury homes and parliament and police headquarters in Gaza City on Sunday, taking control of the sites and uncovering a slew of weapons and tunnel entrances below them.

Israeli paratroopers and armored units descended on the neighborhoods of Sheikh Ijlin and Rimal, executing a series of rocket launches and raids in the heart of Gaza City, where Hamas has maintained power since 2007.

Much of the once-affluent area was already leveled by Israeli air strikes since the war began last month, but the Israel Defense Forces said it still encountered several Hamas operatives in Sheikh Ijlin and Rimal and killed them while also raiding some wealthy terrorist homes.

The IDF said it found 35 tunnel shafts in the area leading to Hamas’ 300-mile underground network, along with dozens of weapon stashes, The Jerusalem Post reported.

In addition, the IDF’s 7th Armored Brigade and Golani Infantry Brigade successfully took control of Hamas’ parliament building, its entire government complex and its police headquarters, The Times of Israel said.

The IDF captured a Gazan university faculty building, too, that allegedly served to produce and develop weapons for the terrorist group.

A Hamas training base, command center, interrogation rooms and detention cells were commandeered as well by the advancing Israeli army.

Hamas officials have yet to comment on the fighting in Sheikh Ijlin and Rimal, as rolling communications blackouts have become the norm in Gaza.

Israeli soldiers also captured Hamas' government facilities and headquarters.

In other developments:

The White House warned Israel against carrying out an all-out offensive in southern Gaza until the IDF finds a way to attack there while avoiding the hundreds of thousands of Palestinians who fled south at Israel’s direction.

The Yemen-based, Iran-backed Houthis rebels have hijacked an Israeli-linked cargo ship in the Red seas carrying dozens of people as they vow to carry out attacks on vessels waving the Israeli flag.

The Palestinian Authority Ministry of Foreign Affairs accused the Jewish state of killing some of its own people Oct. 7, claiming that an Israeli police helicopter may have accidentally fired on attendees at the Nova Music festival in Israel that day while trying to retaliate against Hamas as it attacked the event.

Sunday’s Israeli assaults in Gaza are the latest in the IDF’s advancements in the north of the region as it seeks to eradicate Hamas after the terror group’s Oct. 7 attack that claimed the lives of more than 1,200 people, mostly Israeli civilians.

Sunday's assault saw Israeli soldiers conduct rocket launches that killed several Hamas gunmen.

More than 11,500 Palestinians have been killed since war broke out, according to the Hamas-linked Gaza’s Health Ministry, with at least 11 more killed on Sunday after an Israeli airstrike hit a home in Jabalia.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Sunday that two schools were hit by airstrikes in less than 24 hours in Gaza, killing many women and children.

“Hundreds of thousands of Palestinian civilians are seeking shelter at United Nations facilities throughout Gaza due to the intensified fighting,” Guterres said in a statement. “I reaffirm that our premises are inviolable.”
"Inconceivable!"
The secretary-general’s statement came as Philippe Lazzarini, head of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, said shelters in Gaza cannot afford to become “collateral damage” in the Israel-Hamas war.

“Most of the facilities hit had families in them – including older people, parents, and children,” Lazzarini said in a statement. “They were all clearly marked as UN buildings carrying a blue flag.

“Once again, shelters meant to provide safety and protection to civilians have been hit, killing many people, including children,” he said. “These acts not only blatantly contravene the rules of war, they also show a total disregard for humanity.”

IDF breaches blast door in Hamas tunnel under Shifa Hospital in Gaza City

[IsraelTimes] The IDF says it has breached a blast door at the end of a Hamas
Hamas

...one of the armed feet of the Moslem Brüderbund millipede,...
tunnel discovered by forces last week underneath Gazoo
...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 oppression and disproportionate response...
’s Shifa Hospital.

It publishes two images, one showing the open door and the other further inside the tunnel.

Earlier this week, the IDF released footage showing the inside of the tunnel shaft and part of the tunnel. After around 55 meters, the tunnel ended with a blast door, likely protecting Hamas assets below ground.

The IDF has said for weeks that a major network of tunnels and bunkers exists under Shifa.

The tunnel shaft had been located on the hospital grounds under a canopy, where IDF troops had also found a Hamas pickup truck with weapons in it, similar to those used by the terror group in the October 7 attacks.

Along with Shifa, Israel accuses Hamas of using other hospitals in the Strip for terror purposes.

Posted by:Fred

#9 @#6: "Half a gram"!

Posted by: Winky Shoger2706 2023-11-22 15:28

#8 Most of the facilities had families in them

"Magua will put their children to the knife, so they will know their seed is wiped out forever"

Posted by: Regular joe 2023-11-22 13:33

#7 @Raj The Open Air Prison has a Michelin Star Restaurant too: Fawda Restaurant & Cafe.

Who knew?

Posted by: mossomo 2023-11-22 13:05

#6 "Candygram"

Posted by: Frank G 2023-11-22 11:52

#5 ^^^ Of course the "right people" always live in luxury, no matter where they are.

And apparently someone blabbed to the IDF, who now also know.

Posted by: Tom 2023-11-22 11:43

#4 Wait - they have luxury homes in Gaza? Who knew?

Posted by: Raj 2023-11-22 09:09

#3 /\ ....doubt if it ever actually met.

Our own congress often meets but accomplishes nothing.

Posted by: Besoeker 2023-11-22 06:20

#2 ^I doubt if it ever actually met.

Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2023-11-22 06:16

#1 I am sure the archives of the Hamas’ parliament will make interesting reading

Posted by: Kojo Hupereger9131 2023-11-22 02:48

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