IDF hits 5 Gazan residential homes housing Hamas operatives, including Sinwar’s brother
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The Israel Defense Forces says it has struck five residential buildings in the Gaza Strip allegedly used by Hamas operatives, including one that the brother of Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar was presumed to be in at the time of the attack.
In a statement, the IDF says that one of the residences was used by Hamas commando forces.
The military says Yahya Sinwar’s brother was believed to be in a residence that housed a Hamas operational headquarters.
The IDF says it also hit a Hamas “monitoring situation room that monitored and traced IDF activity.”
The military says two Hamas operatives were in the situation room when it was hit.
IDF says it struck in the last few hours five residential buildings used by Hamas operatives, including one that the brother of Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar was presumed to be in. pic.twitter.com/d4lLoAfCcb
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