{"id":89777,"date":"2025-09-26T12:59:50","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T17:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=89777"},"modified":"2025-09-26T12:59:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T17:59:50","slug":"iaf-hits-over-140-terror-targets-amid-advance-into-gaza-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/iaf-hits-over-140-terror-targets-amid-advance-into-gaza-city\/","title":{"rendered":"IAF hits over 140 terror targets amid advance into Gaza City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By JNS STAFF<\/p>\n<p>(<em>JNS.org<\/em>) \u2013&nbsp;The Israeli Air Forces struck more than 140 targets across the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, including terrorists, tunnel shafts and military infrastructure, the IDF announced on Friday.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_89778\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IDF-troops-1320x880-1.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-89778\" class=\"wp-image-89778 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IDF-troops-1320x880-1-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IDF-troops-1320x880-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IDF-troops-1320x880-1-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IDF-troops-1320x880-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IDF-troops-1320x880-1.jpeg 1320w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/200;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-89778\" class=\"wp-image-89778 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IDF-troops-1320x880-1-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IDF-troops-1320x880-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IDF-troops-1320x880-1-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IDF-troops-1320x880-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IDF-troops-1320x880-1.jpeg 1320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-89778\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Soldiers in the Israel Defense Forces operate in the Gaza Strip, September 2025. Credit: IDF.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>As part of operations in the Gaza City area, Israeli troops dismantled above- and below-ground infrastructure and uncovered weapons along with numerous explosive devices planted in the area, the military said.<\/p>\n<p>Separately, Israeli forces spotted a terrorist carrying a booby-trapped object nearby and called in an airstrike, which triggered secondary explosions indicating the presence of additional arms.<\/p>\n<p>The IDF announced on Thursday that it killed Wael Mutrieh, a Nukhba platoon commander in Hamas\u2019s Shati Battalion, in a strike in the Shati area of Gaza City.<\/p>\n<p>According to the IDF, Mutrieh participated in the Oct. 7, 2023, infiltration of the Nahal Oz outpost bomb shelter and, during the war, was responsible for planning and carrying out attacks against Israeli soldiers in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>Defrin revealed that as part of the second phase of Operation Gideon\u2019s Chariots, the IDF has targeted more than 2,000 terror assets across the Strip, with the air force conducting over 100 daily strikes using fighter jets, drones and helicopters\u2014often in support of Israeli ground forces and on an \u201cunprecedented scale.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are intensifying pressure on the Hamas terrorist organization and advancing according to a structured and systematic plan to achieve the war\u2019s objectives,\u201d IDF Spokesman Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin said on Thursday.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media-oembed-video _video-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"973408427\" title=\"Press Briefing by IDF Spokesperson BG Effie Defrin-September 25, 2025\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PPv6D1hl0Qs?feature=oembed&amp;showinfo=0&amp;rel=0&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jns.org\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-gtm-yt-inspected-17=\"true\" data-gtm-yt-inspected-31835130_125=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>He said that the expanded ground operations are being carried out alongside humanitarian efforts, noting that about 700,000 Gaza City residents have evacuated to a designated safe zone in the south of the enclave.<\/p>\n<p>&gt;Defrin also highlighted the plight of the 48 captives still held by Palestinian terrorists in Gaza. \u201cThe hostages are always at the forefront of our thoughts and at the heart of every operation we conduct,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe IDF will continue to act with strength and responsibility until the war\u2019s objectives are achieved: the return of the hostages and the dismantling of the Hamas regime,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"Email\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"IAF%20hits%20over%20140%20terror%20targets%20amid%20advance%20into%20Gaza%20City\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":89778,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[663,491,8781,8790,8795,8788],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89777"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89777"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89777\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89779,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89777\/revisions\/89779"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}