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Sunday, February 8, 2026
IDF says it killed terror operative who crossed ceasefire line, threatened troops
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA Palestinian terror operative who crossed the Gaza ceasefire line in the Strip’s north was killed in an airstrike today, the military says.
According to the IDF, several operatives crossed the Yellow Line and approached troops of the Gaza Division’s Northern Brigade, “in a manner that posed an immediate threat.”
The Israeli Air Force then struck the operatives “and eliminated one of them in order to remove the threat,” the army says. The IDF does not detail what happened to the other operatives.
Since the start of the ceasefire in October, the IDF has said, it has killed dozens of terror operatives and other “suspects” who have crossed the Yellow Line — demarcating the military’s withdrawal in the Strip — and approached troops. Such incidents have taken place on a near-daily basis.
The body of the person killed was taken to Gaza City’s Shifa Hospital, according to Palestinian media. He is identified as Salem al-Souss, 33.
The hospital also reportedly received a person who was critically wounded in the strike. First responders were working to retrieve other people thought to have been injured, according to the reports, which said the strike took place on the Hamas-controlled side of the ceasefire line in the area of northern Gaza’s Beit Lahiya.
The Times of Israel Community.