The Israel Defense Forces said Saturday evening that two Palestinian terror operatives killed in airstrikes on Friday had posed an immediate threat to Israeli troops. The military identified Imam Khamis Akasha Abu Brikh as a Palestinian Islamic Jihad sniper and Muhammad Taysir Ahmad Ubeid as a Hamas operations division member, both eliminated in separate strikes.
The Israel Defense Forces on Saturday evening confirmed that two Palestinian operatives killed in airstrikes in the Gaza Strip on Friday had posed an immediate threat to troops. The announcement, which follows earlier reports by The Zioneer at 20:34 and 20:36, identifies the operatives as Imam Khamis Akasha Abu Brikh, a sniper for the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and Muhammad Taysir Ahmad Ubeid, who served in Hamas's operations division. Both were targeted in separate precision strikes, the military said.
The IDF stated that Brikh had been advancing sniper attacks on Israeli forces in central Gaza, while Ubeid was involved in planning attacks from northern Gaza. The military's language—'posed an immediate threat'—is consistent with its standard justification for targeted strikes against active combatants.
The eliminations come amid ongoing IDF operations in the Gaza Strip, though the area has seen reduced large-scale combat in recent weeks. The Zioneer has previously reported on similar targeted strikes, including the elimination of a PIJ company commander in southern Gaza on June 9.
2 developments
- ConfirmedIDF kills two Palestinian Islamic Jihad operatives in southern Gaza strike
- DevelopingIDF eliminates two Hamas commanders in northern Gaza strikes this week
- StrongIDF kills two Hamas operatives in precision strike in Gaza
- StrongIDF eliminates senior Hamas and Islamic Jihad commanders planning imminent attacks in Gaza
Source and signal
- Internal intake