IDF says troops fired on terror operatives planting bomb in Gaza City

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

The IDF says it identified several terror operatives attempting to plant a bomb near troops in Gaza City’s eastern Shejaiya neighborhood earlier today.

Troops deployed in the area opened fire on the operatives, hitting some of them, the military says.

In a separate incident, the IDF says it spotted three terror operatives trying to plant a bomb near troops in central Gaza, close to Nuseirat. An Israeli Air Force drone targeted the three.

Israeli forces are still deployed to a buffer zone along the Gaza border amid the ceasefire, and the IDF has repeatedly warned Palestinians against approaching the area.

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