Troops from the IDF's Haruv Reconnaissance Unit located three Hamas operatives during an ambush in the central Gaza Strip. One was killed, a second was shot and wounded, and a third was captured and detained, a military correspondent reports. No Israeli casualties were reported.
Troops from the IDF's Haruv Reconnaissance Unit located three Hamas operatives during an ambush in the central Gaza Strip on Tuesday evening, according to a military correspondent. One operative was killed, a second was shot and wounded, and a third was caught and detained. No Israeli casualties were reported.
As The Zioneer reported at 20:07 Jerusalem, the same ambush was initially described as killing one Hamas militant and wounding and capturing a second. The additional detail in the current report specifies that three operatives were involved, with the third captured alive. The earlier report did not name the unit; the current report identifies the troops as belonging to the Haruv Reconnaissance Unit.
The incident follows a series of IDF operations in the Gaza Strip in recent days, including targeted strikes on Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad operatives. The military has not issued a formal statement on the ambush as of 20:10 Jerusalem.
2 developments
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- ConfirmedIDF airstrike kills three PIJ terrorists in central Gaza
- DevelopingIDF strike kills Hamas cell leader in southern Gaza; 8 reported dead in tent camp attack
- ConfirmedIDF kills two Palestinian Islamic Jihad operatives in southern Gaza strike
Source and signal
- Internal intake