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Wednesday, October 29, 2025
IDF says Gaza strikes targeted battalion and company commanders, weapons sites, tunnels
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The IDF specifies the Hamas commanders it targeted during its strikes in the Gaza Strip in the past day, in response to the terror group’s violations of the ceasefire deal.
Among those confirmed killed in the strikes are several terrorists who participated in the October 7, 2023, onslaught, according to the military.
The military says its strikes targeted dozens of terror operatives, including two battalion-level commanders, two deputy battalion commanders, and 16 company commanders in Hamas and other terror groups.
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— צבא ההגנה לישראל (@idfonline) October 29, 2025
The strikes also targeted observation posts, weapon manufacturing sites, rocket launching sites, and tunnels, according to the IDF.
The military says it is not able to confirm yet that the Hamas commanders it targeted were killed in the strikes.
The IDF does, however, name several terrorists who it says infiltrated Israel on October 7 and were killed in the strikes in the past day.
They include: Muhammad Issa, a platoon commander in Hamas’s Nukhba Force; Fawaz Uwayda, a Nukhba Force cell commander; Muhammad Abu Shari’a and Nidal Abu Shari’a, both members of the Mujahideen Brigade’s terror group; and Hatem Maher Mousa Qudra, a Nukhba Force company commander who led the attack on Kibbutz Ein Hashlosha on October 7.
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