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Israeli forces destroy Hamas trucks linked to Oct. 7 massacre

Over 100 pickup trucks have been targeted so far in the renewed military offensive in Gaza.

Palestinian terrorists of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas' armed wing, sit in the back of a pick-up truck watching Israeli bulldozers working along a barbed wire fence that separates Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip and the Israeli border, on June 10, 2015. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash 90.
Palestinian terrorists of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’ armed wing, sit in the back of a pick-up truck watching Israeli bulldozers working along a barbed wire fence that separates Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip and the Israeli border, on June 10, 2015. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash 90.

The Israel Defense Forces and Israeli Security Agency (Shin Bet) have destroyed more than 100 Hamas pickup trucks in Gaza as of Monday.

According to the IDF, the vehicles played a key role in the terrorist group’s Oct. 7, 2023 invasion of southern Israel, and were also used for transporting weapons and carrying out further terror operations.

The military stated that it will continue to take action against terror groups in Gaza to eliminate threats to Israeli civilians.

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