KATHMANDU — The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has claimed that five militants belonging to Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad were killed in southern Gaza over the past two days.
According to the IDF, three members of Palestinian Islamic Jihad were killed in an airstrike in the Khan Younis area. The Israeli military said one of those killed was a deputy battalion commander.
The IDF claimed the individuals were targeted while discussing plans to attack Israeli soldiers.
In a separate airstrike elsewhere in southern Gaza, two members of Hamas’ military wing, identified as belonging to the Nukhba Force of the Rafah Brigade, were also killed, according to the Israeli military.
Meanwhile, Gaza health officials reported that five people had been killed in Israeli attacks over the previous 24 hours.
The claims about the deaths of the five militants have not been independently verified. Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad had not publicly responded to the reported incidents at the time of the report.
