The IDF has reported on the progress of the ground offensive in the Gaza Strip. The 162nd Division continues to operate in the center of the Strip, and the 98th Division is advancing in Khan Yunis.
In the southern Gaza Strip, the Elite Egoz commando unit directed an aircraft to eliminate the terrorist who killed Major (Res.) Amishar Ben David. The Oz Commando Brigade commander, 43, was Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich's cousin.
In the center of the Gaza Strip, the Nahal Brigade fighters have eliminated 13 terrorists over the past day through the direction of aircraft and fighter jets, sniper fire, and tank fire. Militants who entered a building through an underground tunnel were eliminated.
On the evening of March 9, the IDF Air Force attacked militants who were targeting Israeli soldiers in the center of the Gaza Strip.
In addition, IDF special forces are continuing to operate in the Hamad area in Khan Yunis, conducting close-quarters combat with terrorists while receiving aerial cover from the IAF.
The Maglan Special Forces arrested two Hamas militants and discovered several weapons caches.
In Khan Yunis, fighters from the 828th Bislamach Brigade have eliminated 17 terrorists over the past day.
The 7th Brigade fighters utilized aviation to eliminate two militants.
The Givati Brigade fighters eliminated a terrorist who fired an anti-tank missile at a tank.
The IAF fighter jets also attacked terrorist infrastructure in the Jabalia and Beit Hanoun areas in the northern Gaza Strip overnight on March 10.
