Israeli Army Claims to Have Killed 3 Hamas Commanders in Gaza Strip
Xinhua News Agency, Jerusalem, October 28 (Reporter Wang Zhuolun, Pang Xinyi) The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) issued a statement on the 28th, saying that the Israeli military recently launched airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, killing three commanders of armed factions affiliated with the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), two of whom participated in the attack on Israel on October 7, 2023.
The statement said that on the 25th, the Israeli military killed a commander of Hamas's elite unit "Nukhba" in the southern Gaza Strip region of Khan Younis, who had participated in the attack on Israeli military outposts on October 7, 2023. On the same day, the Israeli military killed a commander of Hamas's Jabalia East Battalion in Gaza City, who also participated in the October 7 attack. On the 26th, the Israeli military also killed a commander of Hamas's Jabalia West Battalion in Gaza City.
The Hamas side has not yet responded to the above statements.
Israeli Defense Forces conducted airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, killing three Hamas commanders on October 25-26, 2023. The strikes targeted a commander from the elite Nukhba unit in Khan Younis and two other commanders in Gaza City, all of whom were involved in the October 7 attack on Israel.
- Israeli airstrikes killed 3 Hamas commanders in Gaza.
- Two of the commanders were involved in the October 7 attack on Israel.
- The strikes occurred in Khan Younis and Gaza City on October 25-26.