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Terrorist killed in Gaza after approaching IDF troops

The gunman approached soldiers in the area of the ceasefire-instituted Yellow Line in the southern Strip.

Israel troops operate to secure the Yellow Line ceasefire line in Khan Yunis, the southern Gaza Strip, January 2026. Credit: IDF.
Israeli troops in a Puma armored engineering vehicle secure the Yellow Line ceasefire line in Khan Yunis, the southern Gaza Strip, January 2026. Credit: IDF.

Israel Defense Forces ground troops killed a Palestinian terrorist during operations in the southern Gaza Strip on Sunday, the military said.

The terrorist approached the troops in the area of the ceasefire-instituted Yellow Line, “posing an immediate threat to them,” the IDF stated.

On Saturday, ground troops killed at least three terrorists in the southern Gaza Strip after they crossed the truce line and approached troops, the military said.

According to the IDF, soldiers identified four terrorists who crossed the Yellow Line, which separates areas held by the IDF from those under Hamas control in accordance with the U.S.-brokered Oct. 10, 2025, ceasefire.

The suspects advanced toward troops, prompting soldiers to open fire to eliminate the “immediate threat,” the military said.

“Three terrorists were eliminated, and an additional hit was identified,” the IDF stated.

Soldiers remain deployed in the enclave in accordance with the ceasefire agreement “and will continue to operate to remove any immediate threat,” it added.

The truce ended the two-year war that began when Hamas, other Palestinian terrorist groups and “Gazan civilians” invaded the northwestern Negev on Oct. 7, 2023.

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