{"id":23882,"date":"2025-05-21T17:00:21","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T14:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/?p=23882"},"modified":"2025-05-21T17:16:34","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T14:16:34","slug":"turning-the-rubble-against-them-idf-denies-hamas-the-shadows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/turning-the-rubble-against-them-idf-denies-hamas-the-shadows\/","title":{"rendered":"Turning the Rubble Against Them: IDF Denies Hamas the Shadows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The IDF has begun crushing and leveling the ruins of buildings in the Gaza Strip, in an effort to prevent Hamas terrorists from using the debris as cover or observation posts, journalist Yinon Magal reported Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>According to the report, this move is part of a renewed ground maneuver strategy, aimed at allowing Israeli forces to move more safely through combat zones.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23885\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23885\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23885 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2-150-1024x671.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"524\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2-150-1024x671.webp 1024w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2-150-300x196.webp 300w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2-150-768x503.webp 768w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2-150-1536x1006.webp 1536w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2-150.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23885\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ruins in Gaza | Photo: Shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>A Critical Stage in the Fighting<br \/>\n<\/strong>The decision follows growing concerns that terrorists are exploiting ruined structures for concealment, planting explosives, and launching surprise attacks on IDF troops. The rubble is being flattened with heavy engineering equipment in areas that have already been cleared of civilians.<\/p>\n<p>This is a broad and systematic operation that is expected to expand as the ground maneuver progresses. The IDF views this as a critical stage in the campaign\u2014one intended to deny the enemy any possible tactical advantage in the battlefield environment.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23886\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23886\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23886 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/3-91-1024x682.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/3-91-1024x682.webp 1024w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/3-91-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/3-91-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/3-91-1536x1023.webp 1536w, https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/3-91.webp 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23886\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">IDF forces in Gaza | Photo: IDF Spokesperson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>115 Targets Struck<br \/>\n<\/strong>Earlier today, the IDF announced that over the past 24 hours, the Israeli Air Force had struck more than 115 targets across the Gaza Strip. Among the targets: rocket launchers, military buildings, tunnels, terrorist squads, and other terror-related infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, Israeli Navy forces carried out strikes in coordination with ground troops against terror targets in the northern part of the Strip.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IDF forces are facing an ongoing challenge from terrorists who exploit the ruins in Gaza to hide and ambush troops: A bold and creative new move has now been approved, aimed at denying them this tactical advantage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":23884,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77,6],"tags":[4262,5893,1476,1477,1475,2069,1746,5892,4478],"class_list":["post-23882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-idf","category-security","tag-counter-terrorism","tag-engineering-corps","tag-gaza","tag-hamas","tag-idf","tag-israeli-air-force","tag-swords-of-iron-war","tag-tanks","tag-urban-warfare"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.7 (Yoast SEO v24.7) - 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