IDF destroys over 130 Hamas targets in weekend operations in Gaza

The IDF's ground and air units struck more than 130 Hamas positions over the weekend in northern, central, and southern Gaza, killing a senior Hamas field commander and dismantling extensive underground infrastructure, the Israeli military announced, Report informs via The Jerusalem Post.

Additionally, an airstrike on July 24, 2025, in the central Gaza Strip killed Salah al-Din Za‘atra, deputy commander of Hamas’s al-Furqan Battalion. Military officials said Za‘atra had supervised combat-support operations and planned attacks on Israeli civilians and soldiers.

Intense action was reported first in northern and central Gaza, where troops of the 99th Division’s Nahal Brigade uncovered several tunnel shafts and used tank fire to kill multiple gunmen.