On Sunday, November 30, the IDF reported a focused series of strikes on terror infrastructure in the Rafah area, describing destroyed tunnels, bunkers, and weapons depots tied to remaining Hamas cells. Military briefings said intelligence cues drove the sorties and ground raids, part of a strategy to prevent militants from regrouping under the cover of the fragile ceasefire. Officials emphasized that targeted actions would continue against operatives attempting to reconstitute command-and-control nodes near the Yellow Line buffer while talks proceed over demilitarization and governance.
The army said preliminary assessments indicated that several Hamas battalion-level figures were taken out in the day’s operations, alongside field operatives moving between safe houses. Images released by the IDF showed combat engineering units working with infantry and air assets to collapse shafts and booby-trapped spaces, with sappers clearing corridors before additional demolitions. Security sources framed the tempo as measured but firm—calibrated to deter renewed cross-border attacks without triggering a broad breakdown in the ceasefire’s terms.
Israeli officials maintained that regional diplomacy and pressure on Hamas must be paired with persistent disruption of its remaining infrastructure. They pointed to previous surges in rocket manufacturing when tunnel hubs were left intact and argued that degrading logistical routes now would reduce the chances of a wider flare-up later. The message from the security establishment was that deterrence rests on both negotiations and the denial of sanctuary to planners and bomb-makers who still seek to rearm.
(JPost/VFI News)
“He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.” – Psalm 18:34
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