IDF says it killed 3 armed Gazans, wounded another who posed ‘immediate threat’ to troops

The IDF announces it struck and killed three armed operatives and wounded a fourth after they approached troops in the Khan Younis area of southern Gaza near the Yellow Line, in a manner that it says posed an “immediate threat.”

According to the military, troops from the 188th Armored Brigade operating along the ceasefire line identified four armed individuals moving toward Israeli positions, though the IDF did not say whether they crossed into the Israeli-controlled side.

The air force, guided by the troops on the ground, carried out a strike that killed three of them and “neutralized” a fourth, according to the military. The IDF says weapons and equipment intended for gathering intelligence on Israeli forces were later found on their bodies.

The statement follows Arabic media reports that Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis received the bodies of at least two people said to have been killed by Israeli drone strikes on the Hamas-controlled side of the ceasefire line.