JERUSALEM, Feb 9, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Israel's military said it killed four suspected militants who attacked its troops as the armed men emerged from a tunnel in the Rafah area of southern Gaza on Monday.

"A short while ago, four armed terrorists exited an underground tunnel shaft and fired towards soldiers in the Rafah area in the southern Gaza Strip.... Following identification, the troops eliminated the terrorists," the military said.

It said the attack on its troops was a violation of the ceasefire in Gaza between Israel and Hamas.