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IDF: Gazan terror operative killed after nearing troops ‘in manner that posed an immediate threat’
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The military says a Palestinian terror operative who crossed the Gaza ceasefire line in the Strip’s north earlier today was killed in an airstrike.
According to the IDF, the terror operative crossed the Yellow Line and approached soldiers of the Gaza Division’s Northern Brigade “in a manner that posed an immediate threat.”
The Israeli Air Force then struck and “eliminated the terrorist in order to remove the threat,” the army says.
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