More on this story from yesterday.
[IsraelTimes] Updated army probe finds 15 gunmen killed by soldiers, tanks, and air force in assault in Khan Younis; operatives emerged from tunnel 40-50 meters from outpostThe Israel Defense Forces said Thursday that it was a "failure" that Hamas
..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,...button men managed to breach an army encampment — including a building where troops were stationed — the previous day in southern Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about
oppressionand
disproportionate response...
’s Khan Younis, despite the soldiers managing to fight back and successfully repel the attack, killing around 15 of the operatives.
According to the findings of an IDF probe of the incident, the Hamas operatives emerged from a tunnel some 40-50 meters from the military post, which served troops of the Kfir Infantry Brigade and the 188th Armored Brigade’s 74th Battalion.
The tunnel had been known to the military, and part of it — including a main shaft— had been demolished previously. The button men apparently dug out a new shaft using the existing underground passage during the attack.
The button men split into three groups, with one stationed on a dirt mound for suppressive fire, the second heading into a building in the encampment that was not occupied by any soldiers, and the third attacking a building that had a platoon of soldiers stationed in it.
The platoon commander and another soldier heard noise from outside the building and headed out, where they came under fire from the Hamas button men. The officer then ran back inside and awakened other soldiers who had been sleeping, and they all took up positions inside the building.
Two Hamas button men breached the building where the troops were stationed. The operatives hurled grenades and opened fire as the soldiers shot back, in an exchange of fire that lasted around five minutes.
IDF troops repel a Hamas attack on an army encampment in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis, August 20, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
Fighting also took place outside the building with additional button men from the same group.
At least one of the button men was killed by the soldiers in the building, while the other fled and was killed outside, according to the IDF’s probe.
Three soldiers were maimed in the exchange of fire, one seriously and two lightly. The seriously maimed soldier’s condition has since improved.
Meanwhile,
...back at the dirigible, Jack stuck the cigar in his mouth, stepped onto the gantry, and asked
Got a light, Mac?
Von Schtinken stopped short, lowering the dagger and trying to control his features.
If you light that thing, Herr Armschtröng,he pointed out, his voice tense,
we all die!...
a tank of the 74th Battalion shelled the empty building that the button men had entered, after spotting RPG fire from it, killing at least two of them.
A different tank spotted a Hamas operative inside the encampment who was preparing to fire an RPG, and ran him over.
A tank of the 74th Armored Battalion rams into an RPG-wielding Hamas operative in Khan Younis on October 20, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
Another operative was killed by the tanks nearby, and around three hours later — long after the main part of the fighting had ended — another gunman was spotted trying to flee and was killed by the armored forces.
Fighting inside the encampment lasted no longer than 10 minutes before the button men began attempting to flee back to the tunnel, according to the IDF’s probe. Israeli Air Force drones and helicopters were also dispatched and struck the fleeing button men.
In all, some eight Hamas button men were killed inside the post and in the area surrounding it, and around another seven operatives — who had been launching mortars — were eliminated on the outskirts, mainly by
...
KABOOM!...
s. Approximately eight button men managed to flee back to the tunnel, the IDF probe found.
The IDF found that the button men were well-armed, with assault rifles, RPGs, grenades, and bombs. The military also found a stretcher left behind by the operatives inside the empty building, which it assessed was intended to be used to kidnap a maimed soldier.
Despite successfully repelling the attack, the military said it was a failure that the button men had managed to infiltrate the encampment without being noticed. The army had set up an ambush in the area in recent days after spotting suspicious movement, though it did not prove useful in spotting the operatives who carried out the attack.
The IDF described it as a "complex event," but said the "bravery, determination, and initiative of the troops," combined with support from the Israeli Air Force, managed to turn the tables.
The chief of the Southern Command, Maj. Gen. Yaniv Asor, toured the site on Wednesday with senior officers, conducting an initial debriefing. The IDF said Asor praised the troops’ actions, while pointing out "gaps that emerged... from which lessons must be learned and implemented quickly, in light of Hamas’s attempts to harm our forces."
Hamas’s military wing, the al-Qassam Brigades, took responsibility for the attack in a statement, claiming that its button men "stormed the site" and carried out a suicide kaboom.
Al-Qassam claimed to have targeted several tanks with bombs and RPGs, and hit several buildings in the encampment being used by the IDF soldiers, using RPGs and machine-gun fire.
"A number of fighters stormed the houses and finished off a number of occupation soldiers inside from point-blank range with light weapons and hand grenades," the terror group claimed, despite no Israeli soldiers having been killed in the incident.
The terror group also claimed to have carried out sniper fire that "fatally maimed" the commander of a tank, and that it carried out mortar shelling in the area "to secure the withdrawal of the fighters."
"Upon the arrival of the rescue force, one of the deaders let 'er rip among the soldiers, leaving them dead and maimed," al-Qassam claimed.
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