IDF says head of Hamas in southern Syria killed in airstrike

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

The head of a Hamas network in southern Syria was killed in an airstrike overnight, the IDF says.

Ahmed Muhammad Fahd, according to the military, was responsible for directing attacks on troops and against the country, mostly with rocket fire on the Golan Heights.

“Fahad was eliminated while he was planning to carry out another terror attack in the immediate time frame,” the IDF says.

The strike was carried out by fighter jets in southern Syria overnight.

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