Israeli troops captured a number of Hamas fighters in Khan Younis in southern Gaza as they attempted to escape the city by concealing themselves among civilians, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reported on Sunday. In overnight operations, other armed men had been killed in the area, and weapons found, the IDF said. An Israeli air attack had also eliminated a Hamas cell preparing a drone attack, it said. The IDF had also carried out a major operation in the al-Zaytun part of Gaza City, finding a weapons cache and destroying a rocket launching site, according to the report, which could not be ve…