The IDF says that in a joint effort between ground forces, the Air Force and Navy

The IDF says that in a joint effort between ground forces, the Air Force and Navy, a five-man Hamas cell identified near troops of the Nahal Brigade in the central Gaza Strip were struck and killed overnight.

The Nahal Brigade and the 401st Brigade have killed dozens more Hamas operatives in northern and central Gaza over the past day, the IDF says, in operations led by the 162nd Division.

Meanwhile, in southern Gaza's Khan Younis, the IDF says a fighter jet struck a structure where a group of Hamas operatives were gathered and preparing to set off explosives against troops in a nearby building.

In western Khan Younis, the IDF says the Givati Brigade continued to raid Hamas sites and killed dozens of operatives over the past day.

The Paratroopers Brigade, also in western Khan Younis, directed an aircraft to scan an area near them, revealing a Hamas operative carrying an explosive device, the IDF says. The operative was then struck by the aircraft.

Also in Khan Younis, reservists of the 646th Brigade raided several Hamas sites, seizing weapons, and killed around ten operatives in close-quarters combat and by calling in airstrikes, according to the IDF.

The IDF adds that Navy missile boats also struck several Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad sites along Gaza's coast over the past day.