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Tuesday, April 21, 2026
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Tuesday, April 21, 2026
IDF says it struck Gaza gunmen who posed a threat to forces
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Armed members of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad were targeted and killed in an airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip overnight, the military says.
According to the IDF, the Islamic Jihad terror operatives posed a threat to Israeli forces stationed in southern Gaza.
“Immediately after the identification, the terrorists were struck and eliminated from the air to remove the threat to our forces,” the military says.
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