Today (Friday), an Air Force aircraft, under the direction of the Gaza Division (143), Military Intelligence and Shin Bet, eliminated an armed cell of approximately 20 Hamas terrorists that attempted to raid Gaza residents who were staying in the humanitarian zone in the southern Gaza Strip.

After the attack, the aircraft identified a number of terrorists who were attempting to use Palestinian children as human shields. The terrorists were eliminated a few minutes later, without harming the uninvolved bystanders they were holding.

Over the past few weeks, repeated attempts by the Hamas terrorist organization to prevent residents from moving south to the humanitarian zone, while cruelly exploiting the civilian population, have been identified As a human shield for terrorist operations. Despite the actions of the Hamas terrorist organization, so far more than 870 thousand residents have evacuated from Gaza City to the south.