The Israeli army announces the assassination of two people in Khan Yunis on charges of smuggling weapons into Gaza

Gaza - Ofoq News - The Israeli army and the Shin Bet General Security Service announced today, Thursday, the assassination of Basil Nabil Abdel Rahman Qeshta and Ahmed Rajaa Al-Shaer, in a raid that targeted the Khan Yunis area in the southern Gaza Strip, yesterday, Wednesday.

According to the Israeli army statement, the two individuals were active in buying and trading weapons and smuggling weapons and military equipment into the Gaza Strip.

The statement added that the operation was carried out with the aim of removing what the army described as a threat to Israeli civilians and to Israeli forces operating in the areas located within what is known as the “yellow line.”

The army said that, before carrying out the raid, it had taken measures to limit civilian casualties, including the use of precision munitions and the use of aerial surveillance.