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IDF: Two Hamas operatives planning attacks on troops in Gaza killed in separate strikes last week
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Two Hamas operatives who were advancing attacks on troops were killed in separate strikes in the Gaza Strip last week, the IDF announces.
A strike on Saturday killed Hassan Mustafa Zahir Al-Razina, whom the military says tried to plant explosive devices “in the area of the Yellow Line,” and advance other attacks.
A separate strike on Thursday killed Mohammad Mahmoud Abd al-Mu’ti Fayyoumi, identified by the IDF as a member of Hamas’s elite Nukhba Force.
Fayyoumi was advancing “imminent” attacks on troops operating in Gaza, the military says.
Both operatives had “posed an immediate threat to the troops and were eliminated in aerial strikes,” the IDF adds.
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