Golani Brigade combat team forces operating in the southern Gaza Strip eliminated a terrorist who crossed the yellow line and approached the forces posing an immediate threat earlier today, according to the IDF Spokesperson's Unit. The elimination occurred immediately following identification to remove the threat between 8:46 AM and 11:46 AM UTC on February 26, 2026. In northern Gaza's Beit Hanoun, IDF forces recently demolished five kilometers of Hamas tunnels. IDF forces in the Southern Command remain deployed in southern Gaza in accordance with the agreement and will continue operations to remove immediate threats, the Spokesperson stated in an announcement posted on X. In the Beit Hanoun tunnels, troops located a weapons cache including explosive devices, firearms, RPGs, grenades, ammunition, and surveillance equipment, as reported by military correspondent Manny Fabian citing the IDF. The tunnel demolition in northern Gaza occurred recently, with the IDF confirming the discovery of the weapons cache inside one of the tunnels. No additional details on the timing or location within southern Gaza were provided in the Golani Brigade incident report. These operations follow earlier incidents in southern Israel reported earlier this morning, where a civilian bus transporting IDF soldiers overturned and another bus collided with a civilian vehicle, injuring several soldiers, as previously stated by the IDF Spokesperson.
