TEL AVIV, November 19. /TASS/. The Israeli military has detained more than 100 radicals linked with the Palestinian movement Hamas in the Gaza Strip in recent days and has transferred them to Israel for interrogation, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said on Sunday.

"Over the last few days, in joint IDF and ISA (Israel Security Authority - TASS) intelligence operational activity, over 100 Hamas terrorists were apprehended and transferred for questioning in Israel," it said. "Among the apprehended suspects, three Nukhba terrorists who took part in the October 7th Massacre."

Apart from that, according to the IDF, among those detained are "operatives responsible for rocket fire, explosives, sniper fire, and logistics, who disclosed the locations of underground tunnels, storage compounds, and weaponry." During the interrogations, the detained "disclosed operating methods used by the terrorist organization, as well as details regarding tunnel digging and the recruitment process."

Tensions flared up again in the Middle East on October 7 after militants from the Gaza Strip-based radical Palestinian group Hamas launched a surprise incursion on Israeli territory, killing many Israeli kibbutz residents living near the Gaza border and abducting more than 200 Israelis, including women, children and the elderly. Hamas described its attack as a response to Israeli authorities’ aggressive actions against the Al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City. Israel declared a total blockade of the Gaza Strip and launched bombardments of the enclave and some areas in Lebanon and Syria, as well as a ground operation against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Clashes are also reported in the West Bank.