IDF discovers October 7 training facility and launch point hidden in Gaza mosque
Israeli Prison Service officers prepare to release Palestinian prisoners as part of a hostage deal between Israel and Hamas, at Ktzi’ot prison in southern Israel, February 26, 2025. (Photo credit: Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
Army Radio reported that the IDF discovered detailed models of Israeli kibbutzim at these facilities, in which RPG missiles were hidden on site.
Hamas terrorists attempted to reach a weapons cache hidden in a mosque in an IDF-controlled part of the Gaza Strip on the same day Hamas freed the last living hostages from captivity, according to an Army Radio report Tuesday.
Army Radio reported that the group of terrorists crossed the Yellow Line, the perimeter to which the IDF withdrew after the implementation of the U.S.-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Gaza, before being spotted by an IDF drone.
The terrorists were apprehended and detained by IDF soldiers before reaching the mosque, located less than a kilometer from the border fence opposite Kibbutz Nahal Oz.
Army Radio reported that the mosque had apparently been used as a Hamas headquarters and training center. Research within the compound uncovered detailed models of Kibbutz Sa’ad and Kibbutz Alumim.
IDF discovers Nukhba terrorist training center
Intelligence documents evaluated by the IDF indicated that the site “was one of the mosques from which the Nukhba terrorists departed on October 7, where they trained and studied their raid targets in great detail,” Army Radio reported.
The Israeli military also discovered a cache of RPG missiles and other powerful weapons hidden inside the mosque.
In the weeks following this incident, Hamas repeatedly attempted to cross the Yellow Line and fired on Israeli troops across the line, repeatedly violating the ceasefire agreement.
The IDF acted to reinforce the line and launched multiple strikes against Hamas in Gaza on Tuesday.
