ANSHEL PFEFFER | DISPATCH
‘We find a tunnel and blow it up’: In Gaza City with the troops hunting Hamas
Embedded with Israel’s 401st Armoured Brigade, Anshel Pfeffer sees troops cope with the constant threat of ambush as they attempt to seek and destroy an elusive enemy
Troops of the 460th Brigade in northern Gaza, in a photograph released by the Israel Defence Forces, which said they had killed Hamas fighters and found tunnels and weapons
IDF
As the sun was setting over the Mediterranean last night, the mortar rounds fired from a concealed Hamas stronghold were getting closer.
When one struck about 200 yards from the command post of an Israeli brigade combat group in a northern neighbourhood of Gaza City, the soldiers took up defensive positions.
“One mortar landed just by here last night,” an officer said. “Most of the Hamas terrorists in this sector have either been killed or have fled, but there are still enough of them around that we have to be constantly on guard.” Gunners in the turrets of the Merkava 4 tanks, parked around the command post, scoured the remaining taller buildings nearby as he spoke. They used heat-sensing cameras to search for any sign
