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IDF: Two Islamic Jihad operatives killed in Gaza strike yesterday
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Two members of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group who were planning attacks on troops were killed in an Israeli strike in the southern Gaza Strip yesterday, the IDF announces.
The military says the strike killed Iyad Nofal, a commander in Islamic Jihad’s elite forces, and Ahmed Marouf, a commander of a cell in Islamic Jihad who carried out rocket attacks on Israel.
“Both terrorists were planning to carry out terrorist attacks against IDF forces in the immediate timeframe and were eliminated to remove the threat,” the army says.
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