Video: Israeli Forces Capture Hamas Zaytoun Battalion Headquarters

• 21.11.2023, 9:32

An important object was discovered in the tunnel shafts under the terrorist command post.

On the evening of November 20, the IDF Press Service published a video of the fighting from the Zaytoun area in the Gaza Strip, Detaly reported.

The Israeli military is fighting there in urban areas with the Hamas Zaytoun Battalion. The enemy gained a foothold in the center of residential areas, among hospitals, schools and kindergartens.

The footage shows what battles look like in urban areas. The infantry has to move literally from building to building.

The engineering infantry and armored forces of the 36th Gaash Division (including the Golani Infantry Brigade) operate in the Zaytun area.

The Israeli military has already captured the central headquarters of the Zaytun battalion and the command post of the commander of the Gaza City brigade.

Israeli troops found a missile production facility in one of the mosques in the area. Also, a shaft leading to tunnels, a large amount of explosives, weapons and drones were found.

The production of Islamic Jihad missiles, including heavy and long-range missiles, was also found in Zaytoun.

The fighters found missile launch silos in the area and destroyed them.

“During the last days of the 36th Division's fighting in Zaytoun, we encountered the enemy hiding behind children, women and civilian facilities. The division's soldiers, operating in a difficult combat zone in an urban area, identified terrorists hiding in residential areas and eliminated many of them,” said the commander of the 36th Division, Dado Bar-Kalifa.