Preliminary IDF probe: Operative likely fired RPG at IDF vehicle, wounding troops

An updated preliminary military investigation finds that a terror operative likely fired an RPG at an armored vehicle in southern Gaza’s Rafah, wounding five troops, and did not place an explosive device.

Troops of the Golani Brigade’s reconnaissance unit stationed in eastern Rafah — where dozens of Hamas fighters were believed to be trapped underground — spotted a suspicious figure covered in a blanket entering a building.

A Namer armored personnel carrier (APC) with troops was dispatched to the area to aid in the search for the suspected terror operative. The soldiers in the APC then spotted two operatives who emerged from a tunnel.

One of the operatives fired an RPG at the APC, wounding the five soldiers, including one seriously, according to the initial investigation.

The soldiers returned fire, killing one of the operatives and wounding the second. The wounded operative, who had fired the RPG, managed to flee back into the tunnel.

The IDF is searching the area for the second operative who fled, along with the suspect spotted earlier.