Israeli army tanks take position along the border fence between Israel and the Gaza Strip on October 21, 2025. JACK GUEZ / AFP
The Israeli military said Saturday, October 25, it had conducted an air strike targeting an alleged Islamic Jihad militant in central Gaza, despite a ceasefire brokered by US President Donald Trump. For the past two weeks, there has been a fragile truce between Hamas, an ally of Islamic Jihad, and Israel – although the latter reserves the right to defend itself and its forces from militant attacks.
"A short while ago, the IDF (army) conducted a precise strike in the Nuseirat area in the central Gaza Strip targeting a terrorist from the Islamic Jihad terrorist organization who planned to carry out an imminent terrorist attack against IDF troops," the military said.
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, speaking to journalists as he left Israel, did not address the strike directly, but he noted that incidents are common in the immediate aftermath of ceasefires.
