An IDF force conducting searches in the area of the border identified several suspects approaching the border from the Gaza Strip and moving toward Israeli territory in an attempt to cross the barrier in the Rafah area.
The force that was conducting the searches encountered militants who fired at them, and the force returned fire.
An Air Force aircraft that was redirected to monitor the cell attacked the militants and eliminated two of them. Another militant was eliminated by tank fire shortly thereafter.
We emphasize that the militants did not cross the ‘hourglass’ fence built along the Gaza Strip; the incident is under investigation.