Israeli troops on Tuesday killed a Palestinian terrorist who crossed the Yellow Line into Israeli-controlled territory in northern Gaza in violation of the ceasefire, according to the Israel Defense Forces.
The terrorist had advanced on Israeli forces, posing an immediate threat, the military said.
It was the third ceasefire violation of its type in as many days. On Monday, terrorists who crossed the Yellow Line and advanced toward troops were eliminated by air and ground strikes. On Sunday, the Israeli Air Force struck a terrorist who crossed the line and threatened IDF soldiers stationed there.
❌HAMAS HAVE ONCE AGAIN VIOLATED THE CEASEFIRE
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A terrorist was identified crossing the yellow line and approaching IDF soldiers in northern Gaza, in violation of the ceasefire agreement, posing an immediate threat to them. As a result, the terrorist was eliminated in order to…
“IDF soldiers under the Southern Command remain deployed in accordance with the ceasefire agreement and will continue to operate to remove any immediate threat,” the military said.
The Yellow Line is a new demarcation established by the Israeli military as part of the first phase of the U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement with Hamas in October. Concrete barriers topped with a yellow-painted post mark the area to which Israeli forces have withdrawn. It runs north, center and south through the Gaza Strip, with the IDF controlling some 53% of the territory.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday ruled out the safe movement of some 200 Palestinian terrorists from the Yellow Zone in Gaza, under the control of the IDF, to the territory ruled by Hamas.
This came on the back of an earlier report that Israel would allow them to move under the condition that they lay down their arms.
“The IDF chief of staff’s position is that these terrorists should be eliminated,” according to senior IDF officials cited by Israel’s Channel 12 News. The terrorists should only be allowed to redeploy to Hamas-controlled areas if the terrorist group returned the eight hostage bodies it is still holding, in violation of ceasefire terms, the officials added.
On Sunday, Netanyahu said that the military was “systematically eliminating” two Hamas pockets in areas of Gaza under IDF control—in Rafah and Khan Yunis.
Speaking at the start of the weekly Cabinet meeting, Netanyahu emphasized the IDF’s freedom of action to protect troops positioned in the Strip, saying that “if there is an attempt to harm our forces, we strike those who inflict the harm and also their organization, for the purpose of protecting our forces.”
