The IDF says it struck and killed two Hamas operatives who planned to carry out attacks on troops in the Gaza Strip today.
The military says the operatives planned “imminent” attacks and had “posed a real threat to IDF troops operating in the Gaza Strip.”
Meanwhile, the IDF says that during mop-up operations in the Rafah area, troops of the Golani Brigade located the bodies of two more Hamas operatives who had been holed up in a tunnel in the area.
The soldiers also located a cache of weapons in the area, the army says.
Dozens of Hamas operatives were previously believed to be trapped underground in the eastern Rafah area, on the Israeli side of the ceasefire line. The IDF has reported killing or capturing more than 50 of them in recent months.
The Golani Brigade is set to be withdrawn from Gaza and be deployed to the north amid the fighting with Hezbollah, the military said earlier.
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