IDF says Hamas ‘expert’ naval operative killed in strike

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

A Hamas naval operative who planned an attack on Israeli troops was killed in an airstrike in the Gaza Strip yesterday, the military says.

According to the IDF, Ibrahim al-Khaldi was a “source of expertise” in Hamas’s naval force and was planning maritime attacks on Israeli troops.

The IDF says it took steps to mitigate civilian harm in the strike, carried out in central Gaza’s Nuseirat.

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