Operation in the Gaza Strip: the Israeli Ministry of Defense announced the transition to the next stage

The IDF moves to the next stage of the operation in the Gaza Strip / Collage 24 Channel

The Israeli army continues to destroy enemy militants in the Gaza Strip. In the end, the Israeli Ministry of Defense announced that the operation in the Palestinian enclave was entering a new stage.

In particular, now they plan to carry out military actions even more decisively. At the same time, the ministry emphasized that the IDF controls part of Gaza.

Israel begins a new stage of the operation in Gaza

Defense Minister Yoav Galant said the Israel Defense Forces had made “important finds” at Shifa Hospital in Gaza as it moved to the next phase of the ground operation. Despite this, he did not specify exactly what kind of finds they were.

The operation is ongoing, and it is being carried out clearly, selectively, but very, very decisively,” he said.

In the end, Gallant stressed that the IDF had completed the capture of western Gaza and cleared the area of Hamas militants. According to the minister, the next stage of the ground operation in Gaza has already begun.

IDF takes control of Gaza harbor

The Israel Defense Forces announced on November 16 that they had taken operational control of the harbor in Gaza City. In particular, this place is the center of a fleet of fishing vessels.

In a statement, the IDF said the harbor was used as a training center for Hamas fighters. In the end, the Israeli army managed to destroy ten tunnel mines of Palestinian militants as part of the operation.

Israel finds weapons in Gaza hospital

• The IDF entered the Gaza Strip's largest hospital on November 15. In the end, the Israeli military discovered a Hamas command post and a lot of weapons on the territory of the medical facility.
• IDF military spokesman Daniel Hagari said that weapons, intelligence materials, military equipment and equipment were found at the site. The Israeli military also discovered an operations headquarters with communications equipment and Hamas uniforms.
• At the same time, the so-called Gaza Ministry of Health, which is led by Hamas, denied the IDF speaker's statements. They emphasized that Israeli troops allegedly did not find any equipment or weapons of Palestinian Hamas militants in the hospital.