The commander was hiding adjacent to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital complex while working to rebuild Hamas’s capabilities.
By United with Israel Staff
The IDF eliminated at least seven Hamas terrorists in a series of strikes across the Gaza Strip over the weekend, including three Nukhba terrorists, an Oct. 7 invader and a Hamas sniper, the military announced.
In a strike Saturday in the Jabalia area of northern Gaza, the IDF killed Abd al-Fattah Abu al-Aish, a commander in Hamas’s elite Nukhba force who invaded Israel during the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023 massacre.
Raed Adel Mohammed Alyan, another terrorist in Hamas’s military wing, was killed in the same strike.
According to the IDF, the two terrorists had recently been advancing attacks against Israeli troops and civilians and working to rebuild Hamas’s capabilities in systematic violation of the ceasefire.
In another strike in northern Gaza, the IDF eliminated Hani Abd al-Hai Fakhri Mazloum, a Nukhba platoon commander, and Hassan Zidan Hassan Deiri, a sniper in Hamas’s military wing.
The military said Mazloum and Deiri were also involved in trafficking and supplying weapons to Hamas terrorists. Both had recently been working to advance attacks and restore the terrorist organization’s capabilities.
In Khan Yunis in southern Gaza, Israeli forces eliminated two additional Nukhba terrorists, identified as Yasser Abu al-Khair and Mohammed al-Din. The IDF said the pair had recently been advancing attacks against Israeli forces and civilians and working to rebuild Hamas’s capabilities.
The IDF also said it targeted a Hamas military-wing commander in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza who had been planning attacks against Israeli troops and civilians.
According to the military, the commander was hiding adjacent to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital complex while working to rebuild Hamas’s capabilities. The IDF accused Hamas of once again exploiting humanitarian infrastructure and systematically embedding its operatives near medical facilities to plan and carry out terrorist activity.
The military said it took precautions before the strike to reduce the risk to civilians, including using precise munitions and aerial surveillance.
On Sunday, the IDF announced that another Hamas military-wing terrorist, Hussam Osama Hussein Nazir, had been eliminated in Deir al-Balah. The military said Nazir had been advancing attacks against Israeli troops and civilians and was targeted to remove an immediate threat.
The strikes came days after IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir vowed that Israel would continue systematically targeting Hamas and preventing the terrorist group from rebuilding its capabilities. During a visit to Gaza last week, Zamir said every terrorist who participated in the Oct. 7 massacre would “live on the run until they are eliminated.”
Israeli forces under the Southern Command remain deployed in the Gaza Strip in accordance with the ceasefire agreement and will continue operating to eliminate immediate threats, the IDF said.
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