While international attention has focused on developments along Israel's northern border, the IDF has been conducting a methodical campaign to dismantle Hamas's underground terror infrastructure in the northern Gaza Strip. The operation represents a fundamental shift in how Israeli forces are approaching long-term security in the region.
The Northern Brigade, operating in coordination with the elite Yahalom combat engineering unit under the command of the 252nd Division, has spent recent months executing a comprehensive military and engineering operation targeting subterranean routes east of the Yellow Line buffer zone, with particular emphasis on the Beit Hanoun area.
