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Deputy Hamas naval police chief, who participated in Oct. 7, killed in Gaza strike
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The deputy commander of Hamas’s naval police, who participated in the October 7 onslaught, was killed in a recent airstrike in the central Gaza Strip, the military announces.
The strike killing Iyad Abu Yousef was carried out by the Israeli Air Force, following intelligence provided by the Naval Intelligence Division and the Military Intelligence Directorate.
The IDF says Abu Yousef invaded Israel on October 7, 2023, and during the war, planned ambushes against Israeli troops and dealt with security for Hamas assets.
“His elimination constitutes a significant blow to the capabilities of Hamas’s naval police, which is used for gathering intelligence on our forces and enforcing maritime control for the organization’s military wing,” the military says.
The IDF releases footage showing the airstrike that killed Abu Yousef, along with a video showing the Israeli Navy’s 916th Patrol Squadron shelling a Hamas operative on the coast of northern Gaza earlier this week.
These videos, released by the IDF on September 22, 2025, show an airstrike in central Gaza killing the deputy head of Hamas’s naval police, and shelling carried out by the Navy against a Hamas operative on the coast of northern Gaza. (Israel Defense Forces)
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