An IDF reservist was killed in an attack carried out by Palestinian terror operatives against troops stationed in the Rafah area of the southern Gaza Strip yesterday afternoon, the military announces.

During an operation in the Jenina neighborhood in Rafah, IDF forces encountered gunfire from terrorists who emerged from a tunnel and fired at them.

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The troops were hit by a double attack in the Rafah area, east of the Yellow Line under Israeli control; Hamas snipers fired first, followed by an anti-tank missile against an engineering vehicle

Al-Qassam fighters carried out a deadly ambush on Israeli forces stationed in Rafah, southern Gaza, on Tuesday afternoon, killing Master Sgt. (res.) Yona Efraim Feldbaum, 37, from Neria in the West Bank.

Over 100 Palestinians, including at least 35 children, were killed in Israeli airstrikes on Rafah despite an ongoing truce, escalating tensions in the region. The strikes came after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered his military to carry out “powerful” attacks on Gaza,

An official of the Israel Defense Forces told NBC News that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for strikes in retaliation for a Hamas attack in Rafah.