' fill='%230E4F97'%3E%3Cg id='Group-5' transform='translate(370.000000, 11.000000)'%3E%3Cg id='avatar' transform='translate(6.000000, 4.000000)'%3E%3Ccircle id='Oval' cx='8' cy='4' r='4'%3E%3C/circle%3E%3Cpath d='M7.12864205,10 L8.87135795,10 C11.558649,10 14.0087196,11.5384024 15.1762205,13.958831 L16,15.6666667 L16,15.6666667 L15.3374858,17.5134983 C15.228016,17.8186575 14.9774027,18.051811 14.6651459,18.1389975 L8,20 L8,20 L1.33485405,18.1389975 C1.02259733,18.051811 0.771984007,17.8186575 0.662514216,17.5134983 L0,15.6666667 L0,15.6666667 L0.823779545,13.958831 C1.99128041,11.5384024 4.44135104,10 7.12864205,10 Z' id='Rectangle'%3E%3C/path%3E%3C/g%3E%3C/g%3E%3C/g%3E%3C/g%3E%3C/svg%3E)
Hamas member behind rocket production killed in overnight bombing — IDF
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent.
The Israel Defense Forces says it has killed one of the top figures in Hamas’s weapons production apparatus in an overnight airstrike.
The military and Shin Bet say that Muhsin Abu Zina was “one of the leaders of weapons production” for Hamas, and specialized in manufacturing “strategic weapons and rockets.”
It calls him the head of the terror group’s “industries and weaponry” division.
אבו-זינה הוא אחד ממובילי ייצור האמל"ח של ארגון הטרור חמאס ומתמחה בייצור אמל"ח אסטרטגי ורקטי עבור מחבלי חמאס.
במהלך הלילה, לוחמי צה"ל זיהו חוליית מחבלים שתכננה לבצע ירי נ"ט לעבר כוחותינו. הלוחמים הכווינו כלי טיס שתקף את החולייה וחיסל מספר מחבלים>> pic.twitter.com/X5WiboSVS6
— צבא ההגנה לישראל (@idfonline) November 8, 2023
In separate overnight operations, the IDF says ground troops directed an aircraft to strike a Hamas anti-tank missile squad, and an airstrike killed several members of a squad responsible for launching rockets at Israel.
