The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) seized control over a Hamas harbor base in central Gaza, the IDF announced on Thursday.The IDF said, In the combined raid of the navy, armor, and engineering forces, along with air force support, about ten tunnel shafts were destroyed, and four buildings of associated terrorist infrastructure were destroyed.Furthermore, the statement added that Hamas used the facility to train its naval forces and to direct and carry out naval attacks. Under the cover of a civilian naval port, Hamas used the place for training and carrying out attacks. They used civilian vessels and Gazas naval police boats for the purpose.IDF eliminates terroristIsraeli forces killed ten terrorists and cleared the buildings in the area of the port. In addition, a monument glorifying the events of the Mavi Marmara raid of 2010 was toppled. Some of the fighters of the Israeli Navys 13th flotilla who were involved in capturing the harbor also fought aboard the Mavi Marmara.In 2010, the Israeli Navy intercepted a six-ship flotilla trying to symbolically break the Gaza blockade. Violent clashes broke out aboard the Mavi Marmara, the flotillas largest ship. Ten Turkish Islamists, many of whom were armed, were killed. Turkey severed its ties with Israel over the affair. On several occasions, since Hamas seized control of Gaza in 2007, the Israeli Navy disrupted attempts to smuggle Iranian weapons by sea to the Strip.(With ANI inputs)
