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IDF says 2 Gazan terror operatives killed in Friday strikes, including Islamic Jihad sniper
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Two Palestinian terror operatives were killed in Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip on Friday, the military announces.
One strike in central Gaza killed Imam Khamis Akasha Abu Brikh, identified by the IDF as a sniper operative in the Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
Brikh had acted to advance sniper attacks on Israeli troops in the Strip, the military says.
A separate strike in northern Gaza killed Muhammad Taysir Ahmad Ubeid, who according to the IDF served in Hamas’s operations division. Ubeid also tried to advance attacks on troops, the IDF says.
Both operatives had “posed an immediate threat” to Israeli forces in Gaza, the military says, and they were therefore targeted.
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