IDF Brigade 14 of the Gaza Division encircled Tel Sultan in Rafah over a period of four hours, the military announced Monday night.
Following the maneuver to surround the area, the IDF killed 20 Hamas fighters, arrested 30 others for questioning, and took over a recently organized Hamas command center.
One of those arrested was involved in Hamas's October 7 invasion of southern Israel.
In addition, some of the Gaza Division forces maneuvered into eastern portions of Khan Yunis.
Also on Monday evening, Hamas fired two rockets from Gaza toward Israeli Gaza Corridor towns.
Both were shot down in Israeli airspace. There were no reports of injuries.
Pickup trucks destroyed
Earlier Monday, the IDF noted that it had destroyed over 100 Hamas pickup trucks in Gaza.
The IDF emphasized that these kinds of pick up trucks were a major aspect of Hamas's invasion of Israel on October 7.
Despite the IDF's explanation, it was unclear how destroying pickup trucks would create more powerful pressure to get the terror group to break in the standoff between the sides over further hostage deal and ceasefire developments.
Large portions of Gaza have already been destroyed by the IDF during the approximately 18-month war, far exceeding the targeting of the pickup trucks.
There was no additional news of how the IDF has progressed with the various forces that it also has in northern Gaza and central Gaza.
Separately on Monday, Hamas's Health Ministry claimed that 50,000 Palestinians have been killed since the start of the war.
Around the time of the ceasefire on January 19, Israel had said it had killed around 20,000 Hamas terrorists.
Israel has also accused Hamas of exaggerations, though it has not denied that due to Hamas's mass human shields strategy, large numbers of civilians have been mistakenly killed over the course of the war.
Hamas has said that more than 700 have been killed since renewed hostilities on March 18.
The IDF has contested these numbers somewhat, but not provided alternate numbers to date.
Jerusalem Post Staff contributed to this report.
