{"id":90431,"date":"2025-11-21T06:07:40","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T11:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=90431"},"modified":"2025-11-21T06:08:24","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T11:08:24","slug":"iaf-kills-five-terrorists-who-emerged-from-underground-in-rafah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/iaf-kills-five-terrorists-who-emerged-from-underground-in-rafah\/","title":{"rendered":"IAF kills five terrorists who emerged from underground in Rafah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By JNS STAFF<\/p>\n<p>(JNS.org) \u2013 The Israeli Air Force on Friday killed five Palestinian terrorists who emerged from underground infrastructure in Rafah, east of the Yellow Line.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_90432\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/F240722OC53-1320x880-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-90432\" class=\"wp-image-90432 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/F240722OC53-1320x880-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/F240722OC53-1320x880-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/F240722OC53-1320x880-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/F240722OC53-1320x880-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/F240722OC53-1320x880-1.jpg 1320w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/200;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-90432\" class=\"wp-image-90432 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/F240722OC53-1320x880-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/F240722OC53-1320x880-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/F240722OC53-1320x880-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/F240722OC53-1320x880-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/F240722OC53-1320x880-1.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-90432\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Israeli soldiers operating in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, July 22, 2024. Photo by Oren Cohen\/Flash90.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The cell advanced toward IDF troops operating in southern Gaza, \u201cposing an immediate threat to them,\u201d the army said.<\/p>\n<p>The Air Force subsequently struck and killed the terrorists.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIDF troops in the Southern Command remain deployed in accordance with the ceasefire agreement and will continue to operate to remove any immediate threat,\u201d the military added.<\/p>\n<p>The Yellow Line demarcates the areas of Gaza under Israeli military control per the terms of last month\u2019s U.S.-brokered ceasefire between Jerusalem and the Hamas terrorist organization.<\/p>\n<p>Infantrymen from the IDF\u2019s Kfir Brigade discovered an eight-tube rocket launcher loaded with four rockets and aimed toward Israeli territory during operations near the Yellow Line area in Gaza, the military said on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The troops located the launcher during area-clearing activities conducted in accordance with the ceasefire 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href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/gaza-terrorists-open-fire-on-troops-prompting-idf-retaliatory-strikes\/\">firing on Israeli troops<\/a>&nbsp;in the Khan Yunis area on Wednesday, prompting Israeli retaliatory strikes in Gaza<\/p>\n<p>The IDF&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/idf-strikes-gaza-terrorists-after-ceasefire-violations\/\">eliminated<\/a>&nbsp;two Palestinian terrorists on Tuesday after they breached the ceasefire line by attempting to cross into IDF-controlled territory in the Strip.<\/p>\n<p><strong>IDF reports Hamas infrastructure in Gaza\u2019s Beit Hanoun<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The IDF on Thursday released an animated intelligence briefing detailing what it described as extensive Hamas terror infrastructure in Beit Hanoun, a city in the northeastern Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"media-oembed-video 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