Iraqi forces focus on search and clear on day 23 of Mosul offensive

An Iraqi soldier poses with a tank and ammunition seized from ISIS militants. Photo: Safin Hamed/AFP
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Iraqi forces focused on searching and clearing areas liberated from ISIS on the 23rd day of the offensive to liberate Mosul, the Iraqi Media War Office said in their daily summary statement. 

The federal police announced on Tuesday evening that, with support the Iraqi air force, they destroyed a “medical center of the terrorists” in Albu-Saif village and killed those who were in the facility.

Earlier in the day, the police announced that they and the air force had targeted ISIS hideouts in the same village south of Mosul and killed 40 militants, including the leader Ahmed Hafiz. 

The War Media Office recorded the arrival of more than 250 more families to camps for internally displaced persons (IDPs). 

In Khazir camp, 245 families arrived bringing the total population of the camp to 9,287 persons. 

In al-Jida’a camp, 23 families arrived and another 12 families left the camp bringing the total population to 5,947.

There are a total of 23,682 persons in all the IDP camps, the office detailed.