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Commandos kill gunman emerging from Rafah tunnel
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Troops of the Maglan commando unit, using a drone, spotted a gunman in a tunnel shaft amid operations in eastern Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, the military says, releasing a picture from the incident.
The troops directed a drone to strike the tunnel, killing the operative.
The IDF says the Commando Brigade has been raiding Hamas sites in the Rafah area, killing gunmen and locating dozens of tunnels.