{"id":121047,"date":"2023-10-24T18:59:35","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T18:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lasixlineon.com\/?p=121047"},"modified":"2023-10-24T18:59:35","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T18:59:35","slug":"hamas-divers-wiped-out-attempting-covert-underwater-attack-on-israel-idf-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lasixlineon.com\/world-news\/hamas-divers-wiped-out-attempting-covert-underwater-attack-on-israel-idf-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamas divers wiped out attempting covert underwater attack on Israel, IDF says"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hamas scuba divers attempting to sneak into\u00a0Israel have been killed, according to the Israel Defense Forces. The news comes as the group launched a massive rocket attack from the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n

The IDF did not say how many divers were attempting to come ashore but local media reported that at least four terrorists were killed.<\/p>\n

Another report put the number of Hamas members killed at eight. The incident sparked an infiltration alarm in Zikim and Karmia which border Gaza.<\/p>\n

The IDF said an Israeli fighter jet struck the building in Gaza from which the Hamas divers set out.<\/p>\n

During the 2014 Gaza war, a group of five Hamas commandos entered Israel and headed to the border settlement of Zikim before they were killed by an attack helicopter.<\/p>\n

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Earlier today, a huge rocket barrage was launched from the Gaza Strip which sent more than one million Israelis scrambling for cover. Five were said to be lightly wounded.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

That attack comes as Hamas-run health authorities in Gaza claimed 700 people had been killed in the last day by Israeli airstrikes.<\/p>\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu noted that strikes had been severe on Monday claiming “during our attacks in Gaza, we dealt the enemy the hardest blow he has suffered in a single day”.<\/p>\n

Speaking to elite IDF troops, he said: “We are facing the next stage [of the operation], it is on its way. You know it, you are part of it, you are part of the spearhead.”<\/p>\n

He added: “We have only one task \u2013 to crush Hamas, crush it. We won\u2019t stop until we get it done.”<\/p>\n

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