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Thursday, July 18, 2024
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Thursday, July 18, 2024
IDF: Palestinian who tried to infiltrate into Israel from Gaza killed in drone strike
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Israeli tanks stand near the Israel-Gaza border as seen from southern Israel, July 14, 2024. (AP/Tsafrir Abayov)
A Palestinian man who attempted to infiltrate into Israel earlier this evening was killed in a drone strike, the IDF says.
According to the military, soldiers monitoring surveillance cameras spotted the suspect approaching Israel’s border barrier from the southern Gaza Strip.
Troops were dispatched to the scene, and the suspect began to flee back to Gaza. A short while later, he was struck by a drone and killed, the IDF says.
It says the suspect did not cross the barrier amid the incident.
