The Israeli armed forces said on Wednesday that they had killed a Palestinian Islamic Jihad fighter in southern Gaza. It is the first death reported by the armed forces since the ceasefire between Israel and the extremist organization Hamas came into effect on Sunday.
The armed forces say that Israeli forces detected several threatening armed individuals in southern Gaza and killed one fighter. Asevoimat says that it has complied with the terms of the armistice.
Palestinian Islamic Jihad is among Hamas’s allies.