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| IDF: Bomb planted by terror operatives exploded near Gaza aid convoy, wounding 6 kids |
| 2024-11-05 |
| [IsraelTimes] The IDF says an explosive device planted by terror operatives exploded near a humanitarian aid convoy in the northern Gaza Strip yesterday, wounding six children at a nearby hospital. According to the IDF, the convoy was enabling the evacuation of patients and staff from the Kamal Adwan and al-Awda hospitals to other hospitals in northern Gaza. It was also bringing humanitarian aid to the hospitals. “As the convoy passed by the Kamal Adwan Hospital, a report was received from the World Health Organization (WHO) regarding the detonation of an explosive device, only a few hundred meters away from the hospital. As a result of the explosion, the convoy was hit by shrapnel,” the IDF says. There were no injuries among the convoy’s personnel, but the IDF says that “following an assessment by COGAT with hospital officials, six children in the hospital were injured by the explosion.” Damage was also caused to the roof and courtyard of the hospital by the blast, according to the military. “The terrorist organizations continue to exploit civilian infrastructure, medical facilities and international aid organizations for their terror activities,” the IDF says. “The IDF and COGAT will continue to operate in accordance with international law to transfer humanitarian and medical aid to the Gaza Strip,” it adds. IDF says it killed PIJ operative who took part in Kfar Aza massacre on Oct. 7 [IsraelTimes] An Israeli airstrike has taken out a Palestinian Islamic Jihad military intelligence official who took part in the October 7, 2023, massacre in the Israeli community of Kfar Aza, the IDF says. The military says Ahmed Al-Dalu has additionally been involved in the planning and carrying out of terror actions against Israeli citizens throughout the war. He was killed in an Air Force strike along with another terror operative, the army says. Meanwhile, the 162nd and 252nd divisions are continuing to operate throughout the Strip and have killed many terror operatives in close-quarters combat and by directing airstrikes, the IDF says, adding that forces have also destroyed terror infrastructure. Troops from the Nahal Brigade are operating in Rafah in Gaza’s south and eliminating many operatives, the army adds. In the past day, they directed an airstrike on a terror cell that was hiding in a military building housing mines meant to harm Israeli soldiers. The strike killed the cell and destroyed the mines. |
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