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| Gaza: IDF strikes in response to attack on troops; Islamic Jihad commander said killed |
| 2026-02-11 |
| [IsraelTimes] On Tuesday, the IDF said it targeted Hamas operatives in response to an attack on troops in the Rafah area the previous day. According to Palestinian media, a drone strike on a motorcycle in central Gaza this morning killed three people, including a woman, and a strike on an apartment in Gaza City last night killed two men. The military said the Hamas operatives it targeted in the strikes “advanced many terror attacks against IDF troops and the State of Israel,” but did not provide any further details. The army said the strikes came in response to a “blatant violation” of the ceasefire deal on Monday, in which four gunmen emerged from a tunnel in eastern Rafah and opened fire on troops before being killed. While the IDF statement only mentioned Hamas operatives, the UK-based Arabic outlet Asharq al-Awsat identified one of those killed in the strike as Assem Abu Holi, a “commander of the elite unit in al-Quds Brigades,” the armed wing of Palestinian Islamic Jihad. The strike also critically wounded another Islamic Jihad operative who was with Abu Holi and killed an elderly male passerby, according to the outlet. Some reports had said three people, including a woman, were killed. According to Palestinian media, Abu Holi was killed in a strike on a motorized bike traveling on Gaza’s central Salah al-Din Road, at the entrance to the al-Musaddar, east of Deir al-Balah, and inside the Hamas-controlled side of the Gaza ceasefire line. Al Jazeera published what it said was footage of the strike, filmed from a fixed position, which shows a man on an electric bicycle being targeted as it passes next to another man walking on the sidewalk. A tanker truck traveling next to the bicycle briefly stops before making a left turn, while a pick-up truck driving behind the bicycle comes to an abrupt stop before the driver gets out to survey the damage. |
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