IDF opens the door to the Gaza Strip

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In the Gaza Strip, firing some 500 rockets and mortar shells in Israeli cities and towns near the Gaza border and leading Israel to the brink of war.

On the night of November 11, Israeli special forces entered the Gaza Strip on an intelligence-gathering raid, the details of which remain under strict control by the military censor.

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According to Hamas officials, the Israeli soldiers were from the Sayeret Matkal elite reconnaissance unit and entered the coastal enclave through a proper border crossing, Israel's Erez Crossing or Egypt's Rafah. They were said to be driving through Gaza in civilian vans, about three kilometers (two miles) from the border.

Israel has not confirmed any of the claims.

During the mission, Hamas checkpoints and searches were conducted by the radio station, which were published by Hadashot news.

At a certain point, the Israeli troops opened fire on the Hamas gunmen, prompting a gun battle.

An Israeli lieutenant colonel – who can only be identified by the first Hebrew letter of his name, "Mem" – was killed and one other officer, who went back to recover Mem's body, was wounded.

The special forces unit in rapid recovery from the coastal enclave, calling for airborne evacuation from the elite search-and-rescue Unit 669.

According to the army, one will be conducted within Military Intelligence. The findings will be presented to the head of Military Intelligence Maj. Gen. Tamir Hyman and IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot.

The military said an initial probe was expected to be completed within the coming weeks.

In addition, Maj. Gen. Nitzan Alon – the former head of IDF Operations – was also involved in the conduct of such raids.

Alon was instructed to lead a team to "examine and study the challenges" [make] The army said, "The army said.

While the Israeli military is looking into the botched raid, the Hamas terrorist group is conducting its own investigation.

Last week, Hamas published photographs of the people it says were involved in the raid.

The photographs were distributed on social media along with the email address and two phone numbers of the terror group's military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qbadam Brigades, in order to allow people to provide information about the operation. The phone numbers stopped working later in the day.

Pictures of the two cars allegedly used by the Israeli special forces during the raid were also published.

Abstract: Available on the internet, the photographs could not be published The censor approved the publication of the pixelated photograph used in this article.

In a highly irregular public statement, the censor also called on Israelis not to share any information about the raid, even if they think it benign.

"Hamas is working to understand and understand the subject of Gaza, and every piece of information, even if it is considered by the publisher as harmless, is liable to endanger human lives and damage the security of the state, "The censor said.

Hamas officials are said to be in a position to suffer because of their primary goal – according to a Hadashot news report – was to capture the IDF soldiers who had placed themselves so near Hamas' s grasp.

Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.