An IDF officer was lightly injured when an armored vehicle was hit by an explosive device in southern Gaza’s Rafah earlier today, the military says.
The Namer armored personnel carrier had been involved in efforts to clear Rafah’s Jenina neighborhood — located on the Israeli side of the Yellow Line — of Hamas infrastructure, according to the IDF.
The officer, who serves in the Golani Brigade, was taken to a hospital and his family was notified, the army adds.
It is unclear whether the bomb was recently planted in the area by terror operatives or if it was an old explosive device.
Dozens of Hamas operatives were believed to have been holed up in tunnels in Jenina, though the army has reported killing or capturing many of them.
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