IDF: 4 armed terrorists killed in strike overnight after approaching troops in central Gaza

Four armed terror operatives who approached troops in the central Gaza Strip overnight were killed in an airstrike, the military says.

According to the IDF, troops of the Kfir Brigade stationed in the Strip’s center spotted the gunmen on the Israeli side of the Yellow Line. The operatives were approaching the forces “in a manner that posed an immediate threat,” the military says.

The Israeli Air Force then struck “and eliminated the terrorists to remove the threat,” the IDF adds.

Earlier, the IDF said another eight terror operatives who emerged from a tunnel in Rafah overnight were targeted in airstrikes, with at least three of them being killed.

Yesterday, the IDF said it carried out a strike on a Hamas operative on the Hamas side of the ceasefire line, after he was planning an attack on troops. Separately, another operative who crossed the Yellow Line yesterday was killed by troops, according to the military.