Throughout the army's several days of searches, operations to keep Nasser Hospital supplied with humanitarian aid continued, including an alternative generator to ensure an uninterrupted supply of electricity.
During the past day, soldiers apprehended terrorists trying to flee Khan Yunis combat zones by hiding among evacuating civilians, the Israel Defense Forces said on Sunday morning.
A 23-year-old Israeli army reservist who recently returned from fighting in the Gaza Strip shot and killed one of the three Palestinian terrorists who opened fire on motorists at a checkpoint north of Jerusalem on Thursday morning.
Meanwhile, in the southern Gaza city of Khan Yunis, Israeli forces eliminated 15 terrorists in raids on Hamas positions. Rifles, grenades, explosive devices and other military equipment were seized
Troops from the elite Yahalom combat engineering unit raided the tunnel, breaching blast doors and other obstacles, and killing Hamas terrorists in close-quarters combat.
Since the start of the war in Gaza, approximately 3,200 wanted terrorists and people suspected of aiding terror have been arrested throughout the Judea and Samaria Division and the Jordan Valley region by Israeli security forces.
Over the last 24 hours, Israeli forces killed dozens of terrorists in airstrikes, tank fire and sniper fire. In one incident, several terrorists armed with an RPG missile and rifles were killed by soldiers at close range.