The IDF added that an investigation had been opened into the incident.
Har, who was abducted on October 7 from Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak, was later freed in a daring military operation in Rafah in February 2024.
Several threats have been identified by IDF troops in numerous areas of the Strip, and troops fired warning shots to thwart the suspects. Palestinian media reported one person killed.
“We won’t allow people to go freely from the southern part to the northern area; everyone will be checked,” was the promise from Israeli officials for months.
Thousands of people moved on foot toward northern Gaza through the coastal Al-Rashid street.
As people move north it seems that a lot of this war consisted of short-term tactical concepts that led to things like the Netzarim corridor.
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"We were shot at by women and elderly carrying weapons," said one Hamas terrorist attempting to justify the massacre at Kibbutz Beeri, which took the lives of over 100 civilians.
"The occupation is stalling under the pretext of the prisoner Arbel Yehoud, even though we informed the mediators that she is alive," Hamas said.