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IDF has withdrawn last reserve brigade from Gaza as military nears end of Khan Younis offensive
2024-02-22
[IsraelTimes] The IDF last week withdrew its last reserve brigade from the 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...
Strip, the 646th Brigade, as the military nears the end of its offensive in Khan Younis.

Troops of the reserve paratroopers brigade first operated in central Gaza and then in Khan Younis in the south in the past months, killing numerous Hamas
...a regional Iranian catspaw,...
operatives, locating weapons, and destroying tunnels, the IDF says.

The IDF has been withdrawing much of its reservist forces from the Gaza Strip in recent weeks, leaving the standing army to continue the fighting against Hamas.

Military officials say the IDF aims to release reservists to help bounce back Israel’s economy and give them a break before they are likely called up again, as the fighting in Gaza is expected to last all year, and there are fears of an escalation in the north amid daily attacks by Hezbollah.

Meanwhile,
...back at the Alamo, Davy was counting their remaining cannon balls and not liking the results...
the IDF’s main offensive in Khan Younis is close to being wrapped up, although no exact date for its end has been decided, according to military officials.

The Hamas battalions in the area have been dismantled, but the IDF is expected to continue to operate in the area to reach several smaller objectives.
Posted by:trailing wife

#1  Regrouping for resupply prior to the next assault.
Posted by: Skidmark   2024-02-22 08:20  

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