US EditionAmbush Seriously Wounds Reservist Officer in Northern Gaza, IDF Retaliates With Strikes
Hamas militants violated the ceasefire by ambushing an IDF reserve officer, prompting immediate IDF tank and airstrike responses against terrorist positions, the military said.
- On February 4, 2026, an IDF reserve officer was seriously wounded overnight on the Israeli-controlled side of the yellow line in Daraj Tuffah and evacuated to hospital.
- The military said Hamas militants opened fire at IDF forces from across the line, wounding an officer in what the military called a blatant violation of the ceasefire.
- IDF forces responded immediately with tank fire and airstrikes at firing positions, followed by strikes against fleeing attackers; the air force killed four armed terrorists near the yellow line after Kfir Brigade combat team identification.
- Southern Command is preparing targeted strikes against terrorist infrastructure, while five soldiers are hospitalized and 6,417 soldiers have been wounded since the war began.
- With the Rafah crossing moving toward routine activity as part of Phase II, last Saturday the IDF carried out strikes amid a fragile October truce repeatedly breached by Hamas.
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