The Israel Defense Forces eliminated four Palestinian terrorists who emerged from the besieged tunnels in southern Gaza’s Rafah area overnight on Saturday, the military said.

“IDF troops operating in eastern Rafah identified four terrorists who exited the underground infrastructure in the area,” stated the IDF in English. “Guided by the IAF, the troops eliminated all four terrorists.”

According to Israel’s Channel 12 News broadcaster, the military was checking whether the commander of Hamas’s East Rafah Battalion, which oversees the entire tunnel network, was among those slain.