The IDF announced today that one of its key infantry units has completed an extensive seven-month operation in Rafah.
The Nahal Brigade Combat Team, operating first under Division 162 and later under Gaza Division (143), led 15 major operations across Rafah's neighborhoods before handing over control to the Kiryati Brigade.
Among their most significant discoveries was an elaborate underground route hidden beneath a mosque - a find the IDF says exemplifies Hamas's pattern of using civilian structures for military purposes. The tunnel network and related military equipment were subsequently destroyed.
Working alongside the elite Yahalom combat engineering unit, the brigade uncovered and destroyed multiple tunnel systems and thousands of terror infrastructure sites. The unit's fire coordination center also conducted numerous precision strikes, resulting in what the IDF describes as "significant terrorist casualties.
