The Israeli Air Force killed a terrorist on Thursday who crossed a designated boundary line under the ceasefire agreement and approached troops in southern Gaza.
The IDF said the terrorist posed “an immediate threat” to soldiers. Israeli aircraft carried out the strike after troops identified the terrorist crossing the Yellow Line, according to the military statement.
IDF troops remain deployed in the area under terms of the ceasefire agreement and will continue responding to immediate threats, the army said.
Earlier on Thursday, an IDF reservist was lightly wounded by a stray bullet in the northern Gaza Strip, the military said. He was evacuated to a hospital and his family has been notified.
Also on Thursday, IDF soldiers evacuated Israeli civilians who crossed the border into the Gaza Strip, the military said in a separate statement. Troops present in the area were dispatched to the scene to return all of them. The civilians were under constant monitoring by IDF observers, the army noted.
Subsequently, dozens of Israeli civilians attempted to cross the security fence at an additional point, the statement added.
“Several civilians broke through the barrier and crossed into the area of the security zone that separates Israeli territory from the Gaza Strip. IDF and Israel Police forces were dispatched to the scene and prevented their entry into the Gaza Strip,” the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit said.
It added that any entrance to a combat zone is “forbidden, endangers civilians and disturbs IDF operations in the area.”
The Yellow Line demarcates the Israeli military withdrawal under the U.S.-brokered ceasefire terms with the Hamas terrorist group in Gaza that went into effect on Oct. 10. Israel controls about 53% of Gaza under the first phase of President Donald Trump’s ceasefire plan.
IDF troops from the 2nd “Carmeli” Reserve Infantry Brigade are cycling out of the Gaza Strip following months of operations along the Yellow Line, during which they eliminated dozens of terrorists, the military said on Wednesday.
During their operations, the troops also located and dismantled Hamas weapons, including explosive devices, mortars, shells, mines, rocket launchers and rockets intended for launch at Israel.
The troops also destroyed hundreds of terrorist infrastructure sites, including several tunnel shafts used by operatives for prolonged stays and attacks against IDF troops in the area.
Israeli soldiers found weapons and Hamas surveillance equipment during raids along the ceasefire line in Gaza’s eastern Rafah area, the military announced on Monday.
According to the IDF, the Golani Brigade seized weapons, including AK-47 rifles and rocket-propelled grenades, as well as cameras used by Hamas to monitor Israeli military activity in the southern Strip.
The soldiers also dismantled several terrorist infrastructure sites and eliminated dozens of terrorists who were operating in tunnels and posed an immediate danger to them, according to the statement.
