In an incident yesterday in southern Gaza’s Rafah, the military says that Hamas operatives fired RPGs at IDF troops operating along a humanitarian route, while aid trucks were traveling through it.
As a result of the RPG fire, a soldier with the Givati Brigade was moderately wounded, the IDF says.
The IDF says it worked to eliminate the cell behind the attack.
The route, used to deliver aid from the Kerem Shalom Crossing to the Israeli-designated humanitarian zone in Gaza, was shuttered for several hours following the attack. The IDF says the trucks eventually reached their destination.
In a statement the IDF says that it, together with the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), “will continue to operate in accordance with international law in order to allow and facilitate humanitarian aid for civilians in the Gaza Strip.”
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