The Israel Defense Forces said it struck a Hamas arms depot in Gaza City on Friday in response to an attack on troops a day earlier, after issuing an evacuation warning for a residential building for the first time since the start of the ceasefire.
Gunmen attacked troops in the Strip’s north on Thursday, in an incident described by the IDF as a “blatant violation” of the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas. No soldiers were wounded.
The IDF said Friday that an overnight strike on a Hamas weapon production site in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis was also in response to the attack on troops.
There were no reports of injuries in either of the strikes.
“As part of the strikes, the IDF targeted a site used by the Hamas terror organization for weapons production and a weapons storage facility belonging to the organization,” the military said.
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The IDF carried out the strikes, reportedly on a three-story residential building, an hour after it warned it would strike “Hamas terror infrastructure” at the location.
A man runs for cover after an IDF strike, following an evacuation order, in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City, Feb. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
In a statement, the military said it carried out the strikes following warnings to civilians, and “after identification confirmed that no uninvolved civilians were present in the vicinity of the targeted terror infrastructure.”
“The IDF views any violation of the ceasefire agreement gravely, and will act against any attempt by terror organizations in the Gaza Strip to carry out terror attacks against IDF troops and the State of Israel,” the army added.
It marked the first Israeli strike in the Gaza Strip with an official prior evacuation warning issued by the military since September 2025, before the start of the ceasefire.
Hamas and Israel have traded blame over ceasefire violations, even as the US presses them to proceed to the next phases of the ceasefire deal meant to end the conflict for good.
Also Friday, the IDF said a Palestinian terror operative who crossed the Gaza ceasefire line in the Strip’s north was killed by troops.
According to the military, several operatives crossed the Yellow Line and approached reservists “in a manner that posed an immediate threat.”
“Immediately after the identification, the troops fired toward the terrorists to remove the threat. One of the terrorists was eliminated,” the army says.
Similarly, on Thursday, the IDF said it killed a Palestinian terror operative who approached troops near the Gaza ceasefire line in the Strip’s south.
Since the start of the ceasefire in October 2025, the IDF has said it has killed dozens of terror operatives and other “suspects” who have crossed the Yellow Line — demarcating the military’s withdrawal in the Strip — and approached troops. Such incidents have taken place on a near-daily basis.
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