IDF says Hamas battalion commander killed, weapons and intel material seized in Gaza

The Israel Defense Forces says it has killed the commander of Hamas’s Sabra-Tel al-Hawa battalion, Mustafa Dalloul, in an overnight airstrike in the Gaza Strip.

According to the IDF, Dalloul “took a key role in the management of the fighting against IDF forces in the Gaza Strip.”

IDF says it has eliminated the commander of Hamas's Sabra-Tel al-Hawa battalion, Mustafa Dalloul, in an airstrike in the Gaza Strip. pic.twitter.com/pPnjnsAMjp

— Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian (@manniefabian) November 3, 2023

Separately, in overnight operations in the Gaza Strip, the IDF says fighter jets, combat helicopters and artillery, directed by infantry forces of the Nahal Brigade, struck and killed several Hamas terrorists.

Meanwhile, troops of the 551st Brigade located weapons — assault rifles, submachine guns, grenades, explosive devices, RPGs and ammunition, as well as intelligence materials — maps and communication equipment, during searches in Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza.

Weapons and equipment located by troops of the 551st Brigade in Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza, in an image released by the military on November 3, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)

Also overnight, the Air Force and Navy carried out strikes against several Hamas sites in the Gaza Strip, including buildings used by operatives to fire at ground forces and anti-tank missile launch positions, the IDF says.

IDF says fighter jets, combat helicopters and artillery, directed by infantry forces of the Nahal Brigade, struck and killed several Hamas terrorists during overnight ground operations in the Gaza Strip. pic.twitter.com/aPdpAAmXei

— Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian (@manniefabian) November 3, 2023