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IDF: Terror operative killed after crossing Gaza ceasefire line, posing threat to troops
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
A Palestinian terror operative who crossed the Gaza ceasefire line in the Strip’s south earlier today was killed by troops, the military says.
According to the IDF, several operatives crossed the Yellow Line and approached troops of the 7th Armored Brigade “in a manner that posed an immediate threat.”
“Immediately after the identification, the troops fired toward the terrorists in order to remove the threat. One of the terrorists was eliminated,” the army says.
Palestinian media reported earlier today that a 63-year-old man was killed this morning in an IDF drone strike on the Israeli-controlled side of the ceasefire line in the Shakoush area, northwest of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. He was identified as Khaled Dehleez. It could not immediately be confirmed that this was the same incident referred to by the military.
Noam Lehmann contributed to this report.
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