The IDF warned residents of Gaza on Tuesday to stay away from any locations where Hamas weapons are stored for their own safety, saying there will be a “wide wave of attacks in the Gaza Strip.” Islamic Jihad said that the response to the killings of its operatives would be harsh. Both brothers were known senior members of Islamic Jihad and were behind many of the group’s rocket attacks against Israel in recent years. He was the brother of Baha abu Al-Ata who was killed by Israel in 2019. In another strike, Hassan Abu al-Ata, deputy commander of Islamic Jihad’s Gaza Brigade, was also killed when the IDF struck an apartment in an eight-story building in Gaza’s Rimal neighborhood. The IDF and Shin Bet said that Mamlouk, attacked in a hideout together with a number of additional Islamic Jihad operatives, was in charge of Islamic Jihad’s rocket arsenal. One of the terrorists was identified as Samah Abed al-Mamlouk. It also eliminated the head of the Hamas anti-tank missile unit Tuesday evening in an airstrike. On Tuesday, the military killed two senior Islamic Jihad terrorists, striking a blow to the terror group’s rocket infrastructure. Khan Younis Brigade commander Rafa Salama and Hamas intelligence chief Mohammed Yazouri were also eliminated by the IDF Wednesday In an earlier attack, the IDF eliminated two Hamas intelligence operatives who it said were responsible for rocket barrages into Israel: Hassan Kaogi, the head of Hamas’s military intelligence security wing, as well as his second-in-command, Wail Issa, the head of its intelligence counter-espionage wing. Khazem Khatib, the head of the engineering department in Hamas’s production division and served as deputy chief of staff was also killed. Zabda, who held a PhD in mechanical engineering with a specialty in aerodynamics, was a significant source of rocket knowledge for Hamas. Tahla worked with Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif and the Shin Bet said that eliminating him seriously impairs Hamas’s military capabilities.Īnother senior commander killed in the strike was Gamal Zabda, the head of the group’s development and projects department who was the main initiator in Hamas’ rocket unit. JERUSALEM (VINnews) - The IDF announced Wednesday that in a joint operation with the Shin Bet, it had succeeded in carrying out a series of targeted killings in Gaza City and Khan Younis, eliminating a number of senior members of the Hamas General Staff, according to a Jerusalem Post report.Īmong the dead were Bassem Issa, the head of the Gaza city brigade and Jamaa Tahla who served as head of Hamas’s cyber network and missile improvement project.
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