IDF says it targeted Islamic Jihad members in drone strike on Gaza’s Deir al-Balah yesterday

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

IDF troops operate in the Gaza Strip in an image released by the military on August 12, 2025. (IDF)
IDF troops operate in the Gaza Strip in an image released by the military on August 12, 2025. (IDF)

An Israeli drone strike on central Gaza’s Deir al-Balah yesterday targeted several Palestinian Islamic Jihad operatives, the military says.

No further details are given by the IDF on the strike. Palestinian media reported a strike in Deir al-Balah last night that killed five people.

Separately, troops of the 188th Armored Brigade came under mortar fire in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis and directed an Israeli Air Force drone to hit a building from which the projectiles were launched, the IDF says.

The military publishes footage showing the latter strike.

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