The IDF denies a Hamas official’s claim that the explosion in southern Gaza’s Rafah earlier today, which wounded an officer, was caused by an undetonated ordnance left behind by the Israeli military.
The army had said earlier that the blast was caused by an explosive device. The IDF was investigating whether the bomb was recently planted in the area by terror operatives or if it was an old explosive device from before the ceasefire.
Hamas official Mahmoud Mardawi claimed on X that the blast was caused by an Israeli unexploded ordnance, without providing any evidence.
Military officials deny this and say that the blast was not caused by an Israeli bomb, but rather an explosive device planted there by terror operatives.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed that Israel will respond, saying the explosion was a Hamas violation of the ceasefire.
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