The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced that the Hamas battalion in Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza had been defeated, AFP reported.
"The Beit Hanoun Battalion, which posed a threat to Nir Am and Sderot, surrendered and was defeated by troops from the Givati Brigade", the Israeli army noted.
The Hamas militants emerged from a tunnel and surrendered to Israeli forces.
They were taken for further interrogation, their weapons were seized, and the military is preparing to destroy the tunnel.