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Tuesday, July 14, 2026
IDF: 4 Hamas operatives, including commander, killed in Gaza airstrike
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
A Hamas commander and several other operatives were killed in an airstrike in the northern Gaza Strip today, the military announces.
The strike in the Jabalia area killed Mohammed Marwan Mohammed Salem, identified by the military as the chief of security in Hamas’s Central Jabalia Battalion.
Palestinian media reported that the strike hit a police station and killed eight people, including the police station chief.
The military says that several more Hamas military wing operatives were killed alongside Salem, including Abd al-Malek Abu al-Jabin, a Nukhba Force operative and chief of investigations in the Hamas-run police; Yaman Mohammed Jibril Ubaid, an operative in the Central Jabalia Battalion; and Ghassan Akram Salama Dakas, an operative in the West Jabalia Battalion and a member of the Hamas police.
The IDF says that recently, the operatives had gathered to advance attacks. “The terrorists were eliminated to remove a threat,” the IDF adds.
צה"ל חיסל את ראש הביטחון הצבאי בגדוד מרכז ג׳באליה ומספר מחבלים נוספים מארגון הטרור חמאס
צה"ל תקף מוקדם יותר היום בצפון רצועת עזה וחיסל את המחבל מחמד מרואן מחמד סאלם, ראש הביטחון הצבאי של גדוד מרכז ג׳באליה בזרוע הצבאית של ארגון הטרור חמאס.
יחד איתו, חוסלו מספר מחבלים נוספים… pic.twitter.com/zFhE74kjl1
— צבא ההגנה לישראל (@idfonline) July 14, 2026
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