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Tuesday, July 21, 2026
IDF says it killed several Islamic Jihad operatives, gunmen in Gaza strike yesterday
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Several armed Palestinian Islamic Jihad operatives and other gunmen were killed in a strike in the southern Gaza Strip yesterday, the military announces.
The IDF says soldiers of the Paratroopers Brigade’s Reconnaissance Unit spotted the gunmen moving weapons into a vehicle and entering it.
“The weapons they transferred were intended to be used in attacks against IDF troops operating in the area,” the military says.
The IDF says that a short while later, it carried out airstrikes on the armed terror operatives who were inside the car and near it, “to remove the threat.”
צה"ל חיסל מספר מחבלים חמושים שהעבירו אמצעי לחימה ברצועת עזה
כוחות צה"ל הפועלים בדרום רצועת עזה זיהו אתמול, מספר מחבלים חמושים מארגון הטרור גא"פ, לצד מחבלים חמושים נוספים, בעת שהעבירו אמצעי לחימה לתוך רכב ונכנסו אליו. אמצעי הלחימה שהעבירו נועדו לפגוע בכוחות צה"ל הפועלים במרחב.… pic.twitter.com/U96eJ8gjxG
— צבא ההגנה לישראל (@idfonline) July 21, 2026
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