(Israel Defense Forces) Israeli aircraft on Wednesday targeted two terror operatives in Gaza affiliated with the "Defenders of al-Aqsa," a terrorist group sponsored by Hamas. Anis Abu Mahmoud el-Anin was in the final stages of preparing to carry out a terror attack against Israeli civilians. Anis was involved in a number of attempted terror attacks that included smuggling explosive devices into Israel via the Israel-Egypt border, in addition to directing certain terror activity in the West Bank. Ashraf Mahmoud Salah, a member of the Resistance Committees, in the past admitted to transferring terrorists into Egypt in order to carry out a suicide attack in Israel. He was also involved in the buying and selling of weapons.
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