Earlier in the day, the Israel Defence Forces stated that Hamed Ahmed Khudari, a Gazan militant allegedly responsible for transferring Iranian funds to Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Gaza, was killed.
"Attacking terrorist targets by fighter jets in the Gaza Strip", the IDF said on Twitter.
Shortly after the statement, the country's military published a video on its official Twitter account showing the very moment of the attack.
PRECISION STRIKE: Earlier today, we targeted Hamed Ahmed Khudari in Gaza. He was responsible for transferring Iranian money to Hamas and Islamic Jihad. The funds were used to build the hundreds of rockets recently fired at Israel. Iran will need to find a new money man in Gaza. pic.twitter.com/2mv1oXLaB7
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) May 5, 2019
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Local media called the operation a "targeted killing", a practice that has not been used by Israel since 2014.
The latest escalation of tensions between Israel and the Gaza Strip began on 4 May. The IDF said earlier in the day that Israeli forces had hit 200 targets in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours in response to some 430 rockets fired by Palestinians at Israel. The conflicting sides are continuing to attack each other.
