Gripping moment Israeli soldiers battle Hamas gunmen in Gaza school – then find tunnel leading to nearby mosque
The Israeli Defense Forces released footage of soldiers battling Hamas militants at a school in the Gaza Strip before they found the entrance to an underground tunnel leading to a nearby mosque.
The footage showed Israeli soldiers firing down a dark hallway of the school complex, strewn with pieces of wood and other debris.
The IDF says the video was filmed in Shejaiya, in the northern Gaza Strip, and shows soldiers from two units coming under fire from a Hamas terrorist cell.
It comes after the US last night vetoed a UN proposal calling for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, prompting Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to say the country was “involved in war crimes”. The UK abstained, while the other 13 Council countries voted in favor of the proposal.
The Hamas-led Palestinian Health Authority reported this morning that 17,487 people have been killed in the Gaza Strip since October 7, when Hamas terrorists breached the Israeli border and killed some 1,200 people.
The footage shows Israeli soldiers shooting into a dark hallway of the school complex.
In the short video, debris and bullet holes can be seen everywhere.
It said Hamas militants tried to lure Israeli soldiers into an ambush using gunfire and explosives but were neutralized.
The second video shows the devastation of the area and a dark tunnel leading into the ground.
The IDF said it was a tunnel shaft discovered inside one of the school’s classrooms and leading to a nearby mosque.
Sharing the video on X, Israeli spokesman Daniel Hagari wrote: “As part of the actions of members of the 188th Brigade Combat Team in the center of the Shejaya area, Counter-Terrorism Unit (LOTR) forces, along with fighters from the 74th Battalion of the Hamas terrorist unit, stumbled upon a school complex in the very center of the area.”
Israel claims to have killed all militants in the area and recovered a quantity of weapons, grenades and ammunition.
The report also said the tunnel shaft is part of an “extensive underground route” in Shujaya.
Israel is under increasing pressure to ensure the safety of civilians in the Gaza Strip. The nation says Hamas uses civilians as human shields and operates from civilian buildings.
At least 17,487 Palestinians have been killed since then, according to Gaza’s health ministry, and the Hamas invasion of Israel has killed 1,200 people, according to Israeli estimates.
Hamas is believed to still be holding about 137 Israeli hostages. Last night, the IDF admitted that two of its soldiers were seriously injured in a failed attempt to free the hostages.
Israel claims to have killed all militants in the area and recovered a quantity of weapons, grenades and ammunition.
The IDF claims to have killed all Hamas militants in the area and claims Hamas was trying to lure its soldiers into a trap.
The walls inside the school complex are riddled with bullet holes and other damage.
They claimed to have killed many Hamas militants but were unable to recover any hostages.
Earlier in the day, Hamas said its fighters stopped the rescue attempt and clashed with Israeli special forces.
It claimed that an Israeli soldier who was being held hostage was killed by Israeli air fire intended to protect the retreating forces.
Aid agencies warn that the humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip is worsening by the hour, with most of the 2.3 million people homeless and trapped in the tiny embattled coastal enclave with little food, water or medical care. help, fuel and safe shelter.
Given the destruction of basic infrastructure, frequent phone and internet outages, and the death or disappearance of a number of medical statisticians, there is growing concern that Gaza’s health authorities will not be able to continue to accurately count the number of casualties.
The UN has warned that civilization in Gaza is on the brink of complete collapse and that there are no resources to cope with the humanitarian crisis.
The council called an emergency meeting to hear from Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who for the first time adopted the UN Charter, which allows the UN chief to raise threats to international peace and security that he sees.
He warned of a “humanitarian catastrophe” in the Gaza Strip and called on the council to demand a ceasefire on humanitarian grounds.
Guterres said he raised Article 99, which has not been used at the UN since 1971, because “there is a high risk of a complete collapse of the humanitarian support system in the Gaza Strip.”
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A fireball rises above a building during an Israeli strike in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Saturday.
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The UN expects this to lead to “a complete breakdown of public order and increased pressure for mass displacement into Egypt”, he warned.
Gaza is at a “tipping point,” he said, and desperate people are at serious risk of starvation.
On Saturday it was reported that due to the near absence of clean water and food, bags of flour are now selling for £107 each.
More than 60 percent of housing in the Gaza Strip has been destroyed or damaged, about 85 percent of the population has been forced from their homes and the health system is collapsing, the UN reports.
Disturbing images of seriously wounded Palestinians being treated on hospital floors that double as bomb shelters for tens of thousands of people were sent to us by journalists working in the region.