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IDF strikes drone operators in Gaza’s Beit Lahiya, at least nine killed

The IDF confirmed it struck targets who posed a threat to soldiers in Gaza’s northern Beit Lahiya town, as Hamas-affiliated medics told Reuters at least nine Palestinians were killed, reportedly including two local journalists.

The Israeli military fired at two Palestinians who were “operating a drone that posed a threat to IDF troops,” it said.

Several were critically injured as the strike hit a car, with casualties inside and outside the vehicle, the medics added. The IDF said that a number of Palestinians collected the drone operating equipment and entered a vehicle, prompting Israeli forces to fire.

Witnesses and fellow journalists said the people in the car were on a mission for a charity called Al-Khair Foundation in Beit Lahiya, and they were accompanied by journalists and photographers when the strike hit them.

 IDF soldiers in northern Gaza Strip conducting operation in the area of the Indonesian Hospital, where a Hamas launch site was located. (credit: IDF SPOKESMAN’S UNIT)
IDF soldiers in northern Gaza Strip conducting operation in the area of the Indonesian Hospital, where a Hamas launch site was located. (credit: IDF SPOKESMAN’S UNIT)

Shaky ceasefire proceedings

The incident coincided with a visit by Hamas’s exiled Gaza chief, Khalil Al-Hayya, to Cairo for further ceasefire talks aimed at resolving disputes with Israel that could risk a resumption of fighting in the enclave.

On Friday, Hamas said it had agreed to free an American-Israeli dual national if Israel begins the next phase of ceasefire talks towards a permanent end to the war, an offer Israel dismissed as “psychological warfare.”

Hamas said it had made the offer to release New Jersey native Edan Alexander, after receiving a proposal from mediators for negotiations on the second phase of a ceasefire deal.

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