The Tzabar Battalion of the IDF's Givati Brigade thwarted an attempt by terrorists in the Gaza Strip to loot an aid truck carrying humanitarian relief for Gaza's civilian population, the IDF reported on Friday.
After securing the humanitarian corridor in Rafah, IDF scans reportedly identified Hamas terrorists stealing the contents of a humanitarian aid truck. Ground forces subsequently directed drones to strike the vehicles carrying the looters.
IDF troops identified a vehicle that pulled to the front of a line of aid trucks and an armed individual exiting the car next to a gathering of people in front of the trucks.
IDF transcripts reveal precision in avoiding civilian harm
A video and audio recording from IDF surveillance revealed the military's identification of assailants, including their weapons and other movements.
"The guy who is currently standing outside the window of the car that is vertical to the road is armed with an AK-47," one IDF soldier can be heard saying in Hebrew. "We saw one armed militant getting back inside the car and one armed militant getting out of the window… Two armed men in the car are turning right from the humanitarian road."
According to the recording, authorization to strike the terrorists attempting to flee the scene was given on the condition that the strike would not hit the truck.