IDF: Hamas’s head of interrogations in Beit Hanoun internal security killed in airstrike

The head of interrogations in Hamas’s internal security in northern Gaza’s Beit Hanoun was killed in an airstrike this week, the military and Shin Bet announce.

Yousef Shabat also served as an officer in the intelligence division of Hamas’s military wing, in its Beit Hanoun Battalion, according the IDF.

“This elimination significantly damages the organization’s investigations department,” the joint statement says.

In a separate recent incident, the IDF says it carried out an airstrike on a vehicle with at least 10 gunmen in it, killing them. It says the strike followed “accurate intelligence” on the operatives.

Overnight, fighter jets struck a mortar launcher in Gaza City’s Rimal neighborhood, used to launch projectiles at troops operating in the Gaza Strip, the IDF says.

Also over the past day, the Air Force struck dozens more targets across Gaza. The military says the sites included observation posts, buildings used by Hamas, operatives, and other infrastructure.