The IDF says its operation against Hamas in the Hamad Town residential

The IDF says its operation against Hamas in the Hamad Town residential complex in southern Gaza's Khan Younis is still ongoing, with troops killing gunmen and capturing weapons over the past day.

Troops of the 7th Armored Brigade raided several Hamas sites in the neighborhood, locating a weapons manufacturing plant, explosive devices, and military equipment, the IDF says.

It says the soldiers also located several tunnel shafts, and destroyed a number of Hamas offices in the area.

The Commando Brigade has continued building-to-building searches in Hamad, killing several gunmen and seizing weapons in the past day, according to the IDF.

Nearby, in the Khan Younis suburb of al-Qarara, the IDF says an airstrike was carried out against a six-man Hamas cell that was spotted entering a building by troops of the Bislamach Brigade.

In another incident, Bislamach troops directed an airstrike on an RPG-wielding operative who was spotted entering a building known to be used by Hamas with tunnel infrastructure beneath it, the IDF says.

Meanwhile, in central Gaza, the IDF says troops of the Nahal Brigade killed some 10 gunmen over the past day, including by calling in airstrikes.

One of the strikes, according to the IDF, was carried out against a cell loading a vehicle with military equipment. It says secondary explosions seen after the strike indicated that weapons and explosives were in the car.