IDF Eliminates Six Terrorists as Hamas Continues Attacks on Israeli Troops Inside Ceasefire Line
Lebanon: IDF takes out 13 terrorists in recent strike on Hamas base.
The Israeli military and security forces eliminated at least six Hamas terrorists and captured several others, who tried to attack the troops posted inside the recently established ceasefire line.
Israeli fighter jets struck armed terrorists emerging from tunnels and moving towards IDF positions within the so-called Yellow Line, marking the zone to which the Israeli troops withdrew under the U.S.-brokered ceasefire that took effect on October 10.
According to initial reports on Friday afternoon, “approximately 15 terrorists emerged from underground terror infrastructure at two different locations east of the yellow line in eastern Rafah,” the IDF disclosed in a statement.
The IDF released footage showing fighter jets targeting terrorists advancing towards Israeli troops. “Following ISA [Shin Bet security service] intelligence, the IAF [Israeli Air Force] has so far eliminated six terrorists,” the IDF added. “Simultaneously, IDF troops apprehended five terrorists who surrendered to them and were transferred for further questioning by the ISA inside Israel.”
The IDF eliminated five militants who emerged from an underground tunnel in eastern Rafah, in the Israeli-controlled area of the yellow line, and approached the troops. It is believed these were some of the Hamas operatives who are stranded in a tunnel in the area. pic.twitter.com/0eFtTxk143
— Ariel Oseran أريئل أوسيران (@ariel_oseran) November 21, 2025
The Times of Israel published additional details:
Some 15 Hamas operatives emerged from tunnels in two separate locations in eastern Rafah — an area in southern Gaza held by the IDF — earlier today, the military says, following a preliminary investigation into the incident.
According to the IDF, the Israeli Air Force, with information provided by ground troops, struck and killed six of the operatives.
Meanwhile, troops of the Nahal Brigade captured five of the operatives who surrendered to them, the military says, adding that they were taken to Israel to be questioned by the Shin Bet.
The IDF says it continues to scan the area, both from the air and on the ground, to locate the other gunmen who had emerged from the tunnels.
Dozens of Hamas terrorists were estimated to be holed up in tunnels in the Rafah area, on the Israeli side of the Yellow Line.
Hamas attacks come as Israeli troops search for tunnels and terrorist infrastructure in the area under their control in southern Gaza. “IDF and ISA forces have been operating in the Rafah area in recent weeks in an effort to dismantle the remaining underground infrastructure in the area and eliminate the terrorists hiding within them,” the military said Friday.
Lebanon: IDF takes out 13 terrorists in recent strike on Hamas base
Thirteen terrorists were eliminated when the IDF struck a Hamas base in southern Lebanon, official Israeli sources confirmed on Friday. The Hamas training camp was located in the Lebanese coastal city of Ain al-Hilweh, a known base of operations for Palestinian terrorist groups.
“As part of the strike, 13 terrorists were eliminated, including Jawad Sidawi, who was involved in training terrorists in order to carry out terror attacks from Lebanese territory against IDF troops and the State of Israel,” the military said.
The Israeli airstrike on the Hamas military compound in Ain al-Hilweh (18 November 2025), that killed 13 Hamas operatives, directly contradicts Lebanon’s proclaimed success in Palestinian disarmament. Since August 2025, the Lebanese government has repeatedly declared “effective… pic.twitter.com/Y7afi1fVOQ
— Israel-Alma (@Israel_Alma_org) November 19, 2025
The IDF noted the failure of the Lebanese government in preventing its territory from being turned into a launch pad for terrorist attacks across the border. Under an agreement brokered by the Trump administration, Beirut vowed to disarm Hezbollah, Hamas, and other terrorist groups based in the country by the end of the year.
“The State of Lebanon pledged to disarm the armed factions in the Palestinian camps, yet the terrorist organizations continue to cynically exploit the population and civilian infrastructure for terror purposes. Despite the denials of Hamas, the training facility is clear proof of the organization’s attempts to establish itself in Lebanon,” the IDF observed.
Israel took prior measures “to mitigate harm to civilians, including the use of precise munition, aerial surveillance, and additional intelligence,” the military confirmed. “The IDF is operating against Hamas’ establishment in Lebanon, and will continue to operate against Hamas terrorists wherever they operate.”
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Annihilate Hamas.
Show of hands: who thought the cease fire would last?
When does the cease fire begin?
It was a trick question.
maybe the nfl is sending reinforcements in for their fallen ganzians
Hamas is hoping some Knesset members will produce a tv ad warning the IDF to question orders and produce doubt in the minds of Israeli soldiers.
Not to excuse them, but if they’ve been cutoff from contact with their leadership, they may not even know there’s a ceasefire. A small number of isolated Japanese troops kept up the war for years in various places for not being aware that Japan had surrendered.
Has the IDF attempted to communicate with these cut-off Hamas forces?
The IDF may have been better off allowing these Hamas forces to leave its (the IDF’s) area of Gaza for the threat they pose to its own forces. Communicating with them to either leave (and get on their own side of the ceasefire line) or surrendered would be better than having to monitor them as potential threats.
They know.