The Iron Swords –
The war in the south of Israel
Updated to 1 p.m., October 15, 2023

The southern sector: IDF forces continued to operate, primarily carrying out aerial attacks,
against terrorist targets throughout the Gaza Strip. Several squads, including anti-tank
squads, were captured on the border. A number of operatives of Hamas’ military-terrorist
wing were killed in the attacks, some of them released from Israeli jails in the Gilad Shalit
exchange deal (2011). Rockets attacks continued, most of them targeting the Israeli villages
near the Gaza Strip border and Ashkelon. A rocket was also fired at the Haifa area.