The combat teams of the 7th Paratrooper Brigade and the Yahalom Unit have been fighting for over a week above ground and underground in the Shejaiya area under the command of Division 98.Ā
The forces of the division conducted face-to-face battles with terrorist squads, eliminated more than 150 terrorists, destroyed terrorist infrastructure and encountered trapped buildings and destroyed charges.
In addition, the forces located dozens of weapons and intelligence documents that the terrorists left behind.
The forces located, with intelligence guidance and an engineering effort, tunnel shafts and significant underground routes that were destroyed. In the divisional activity, six offensive tunnels with a length of about six kilometers were located and destroyed. The forces continue to explore and destroy the signs in the area.
In exploring the tunnels, the fighters of the Yahalom (who specialize in explosives and underground fighting) unit located underground tunnels that make up a branching tunnel system, in some of which the terrorists' living and command rooms were located, in one of the tunnels weapons and intelligence documents were located.