A group of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists operating in a command and control center was struck by the IDF and Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency), the military announced on Wednesday.

The command center was embedded within an area that previously served as the "Jaffa" School in Gaza City. 

IDF operations in northern Gaza 

The IDF expanded operations across Gaza earlier this month, as the military took control of several areas in Beit Hanoun, Beit Lahia, Rafah, and the Morag Axis.

This week, two female combat soldiers serving in the 414th Battalion were seriously wounded in the incident in which CWO G’haleb Sliman Alnasasra was killed in Gaza on Saturday.

An additional tracker was seriously wounded in the incident. According to Walla, CWO Alnasasra fell while helping the wounded female soldiers.

IDF troops in the Yahalom unit, under the Northern Brigade in the 252nd Division, destroyed an underground tunnel 1.2 kilometers long and 20 meters deep in northern Gaza, the military announced last week.

The brigade's soldiers found a weapons cache near the route, containing a stockpile of approximately 20 explosive devices, an anti-tank launcher, and additional weapons.

Additionally, the Israeli air force struck several terrorists an IDF drone identified planting explosives near the troops.