IDF says strike in southern Gaza killed Hamas operative who invaded Israel on Oct. 7 |
The military announced Tuesday that the Israeli Air Force struck and killed a Hamas operative a day earlier, after he crossed the so-called Yellow Line into IDF-controlled territory in southern Gaza and approached troops “in a manner that posed an immediate threat.”
The Israel Defense Forces said the terrorist took part in the Hamas-led October 7 atrocities and recently tried to carry out attacks against troops. It did not provide his name.
Additionally, Israeli forces destroyed a Hamas weapons warehouse and a rocket launch shaft in the northern Gaza Strip overnight Monday-Tuesday, the army said.
The warehouse contained dozens of weapons, including more than 20 mortar shells, rocket launchers, explosive devices, Kalashnikov rifles and additional combat equipment, according to the military.
The IDF said the launch shaft and weapons were intended to target troops operating near the Yellow Line as well as Israeli civilians. Troops destroyed them “in order to remove the threat.”
The war in Gaza broke out on October 7, 2023, when the Hamas terror group – the Strip’s de facto government – invaded Israel, killing some 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages.
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