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From the Liveblog of
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
From the Liveblog of
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
Head of Hamas drone operations in northern Gaza killed in airstrike, says IDF
Palestinians look at the damage after an Israeli strike hit a tent area in Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip, Oct. 14, 2024. (AP/Abdel Kareem Hana)
The IDF says that an Israeli airstrike killed the head of Hamas’s drone operations in the northern Gaza Strip, naming him as Mahmoud al-Mabhouh.
Al-Mabhouh was responsible for directing drone attacks on Israel and on Israeli troops in Gaza, the IDF says.
In Jabaliya, troops with the IDF’s 162nd Division have killed Hamas operatives in face-to-face combat as well as in airstrikes, the military says.
Meanwhile in Rafah, Israeli forces directed drone strikes against “a cell of armed terrorists” who were planning terror attacks, the military adds.
