TEL AVIV, October 24. /TASS/. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) attacked more than 400 Hamas targets, eliminating several commanders of the Palestinian radical movement in the past 24 hours, the IDF wrote on its Telegram channel.

"Over the last day, the IDF struck over 400 terror targets and killed several Hamas commanders and numerous operatives preparing attacks," the IDF said in a statement.

"In a wide-scale operation to dismantle Hamas' terrorist capabilities, the IDF struck dozens of Hamas gunmen setting up to fire rockets and carry out terror attacks against the Israeli home front. Over the last day, IDF fighter jets struck dozens of terror infrastructure and Hamas staging grounds in the neighborhoods of Shuja'iyya, Shati, Jabalia, Daraj Tuffah, and Zaytun," the Israeli military added.

Also, an IDF warplane struck a Hamas operational tunnel that enabled terror operatives to quickly access the coastline. In addition, IDF aircraft attacked Hamas command centers and staging grounds in mosques, the IDF said. As a result, deputy commanders of the Nuseirat, Shati, and Furqan battalions were wiped out.

Tensions in the Middle East flared up again on October 7 when Hamas militants launched a surprise incursion into Israeli territory from the Gaza Strip. The Palestinian movement described its attack as a response to the aggressive actions of Israeli authorities against the Al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City. Israel declared a total siege of Gaza and started carrying out strikes on the Palestinian enclave, as well as on certain areas in Lebanon and Syria. Clashes are also taking place in the West Bank.