...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about
oppressionand
disproportionate response...
, bolstering its presence in the area with a new strategic route and overnight
...
KABOOM!...
s that hit over 120 targets in the enclave.
The IDF said Wednesday it had opened a new strategic corridor in southern Gaza that would assist in defeating Hamas
..the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,...in the Khan Younis area.
The route, dubbed Magen Oz, was established in recent weeks by the 36th Division amid efforts to clear Khan Younis of terror infrastructure and operatives. It bisects Khan Younis from east to west, the military announced
The IDF said the division’s 188th Armored Brigade and Golani Infantry Brigade met up recently, after completing the new corridor.
An illustration published by the IDF showed that the route connects to the Morag corridor, which separates Khan Younis from Rafah.
The IDF said the Magen Oz corridor is 15 kilometers long, and plays "a major part in exerting pressure on Hamas and defeating the Khan Younis Brigade."
During the division’s operations in Khan Younis, the IDF said troops killed dozens of operatives and destroyed Hamas infrastructure, including tunnels and caches of weapons.
The Magen Oz corridor in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis, in a video published by the IDF on July 16, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
Meanwhile,
...back at the wreckage, Captain Poindexter wished he had thought to pack sun block...
the Israeli Air Force struck over 120 targets in Gaza over the past day, the military said, as five divisions continue ground operations across the Strip.
The IDF said the targets included cells of operatives, buildings used by terror groups, caches of weapons, tunnels, and other infrastructure.
Dozens of casualties were reported by media outlets in Gaza in the past day, but there were no immediate tolls from the Hamas-run health ministry or other health officials.
In northern Gaza’s Jabalia, the military said troops of the 401st Armored Brigade came under RPG fire, and within minutes, directed a dronezap on the cell that fired on the tank. No soldiers were maimed, according to the IDF.
In the Beit Hanoun area, reservists of the 646th Reserve Paratroopers Brigade destroyed a rocket-launching site used to fire projectiles on southern Israel earlier this week, and killed operatives who were planting bombs in the area, the IDF said.
’ACCELERATED’ LIQUIDATIONS
The London-based daily Asharq al-Awsat reported Wednesday that Israel has "accelerated" liquidations in Gaza, targeting Hamas officials as well as members of other terror groups, such as the allied Paleostinian Islamic Jihad
...created after many members of the Egyptian Moslem Brotherhood decided the organization was becoming too moderate. Operations were conducted out of Egypt until 1981 when the group was exiled after the assassination of President Anwar Sadat. They worked out of Gaza until they were exiled to Lebanon in 1987, where they clove tightly to Hezbollah. In 1989 they moved to Damascus, where they remain a subsidiary of Hezbollah...
A Hamas source told the Arabic-language newspaper that four leaders of Hamas’s military wing had been killed, as well as others involved with the key intelligence and manufacturing divisions. Among the slain was reportedly Mohammed Faraj al-Ghoul, a former minister in the Hamas government who was still active in the organization. He was killed on Tuesday, the report said.
IDF soldier seriously hurt during fighting in south Gaza, army says
[IsraelTimes] An IDF soldier with the Kfir Brigade’s Shimshon Battalion was seriously wounded during fighting in the southern Gaza Strip earlier today, the military announces.
He was taken to a hospital for treatment and his family was notified, the army adds.