Israel At War Wednesday Dec 27

 Israel at war day 82

- IDF located and destroyed three terror tunnel shafts belonging to the Hamas terror organization near the Rantisi Hospital and in the nearby High School; the tunnel shafts, dozens of meters deep, are connected by an underground network passing under the hospital and leading to the heart of Gaza City

- An apparent explosive-laden drone crashed in the southern Golan Heights, local authorities said the “hostile unmanned aircraft” was located by IDF troops. It says there are no injuries in the incident. The drone is believed to have been launched from Syria.

- Netanyahu responds: Erdogan, who is committing genocide against the Kurds and who holds the world record for imprisoning journalists who oppose his regime, is the last person who can preach morality to us. The IDF, which is the most moral army in the world, is fighting to eliminate the most abhorrent and brutal terrorist organization in the world, Hamas-ISIS, which has committed crimes against humanity, and which Erdogan has praised and whose leaders he hosts.

-Three more soldiers killed in Gaza bringing total to 164

Yaron Eliezer Chitiz,23 from Raanana

Itay Buton, 20 from Petach Tikva

Efraim Yachman, 21  from Neve Daniel 

- 6 terrorists killed in Israeli airstrike in Nur Shams refugee camp during IDF raid,  nearly 300 terror operatives killed in West Bank during Gaza war, over 2,500.

-Rocket barrage from Lebanon on Rosh Hanikra, the IDF says it targeted the source of the fire. It says the Iron Dome intercepted some of the projectiles, while the others landed in open areas. Hezbollah had claimed responsibility for the rocket fire.

- IDF:  commando units are fighting Hamas “deep within Khan Younis,” killing many operatives and destroying the terror group’s infrastructure in the process, including tunnel shafts.

- Hamas-controlled health ministry says Gaza death toll at 21,110

Turkey’s Erdogan: ‘No difference between the actions of Netanyahu and Hitler’