IDF says it has killed new commander of Hamas’s Shejaiya battalion

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

IDF troops seen operating in the Gaza Strip in this handout photo released for publication on December 10, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)
IDF troops seen operating in the Gaza Strip in this handout photo released for publication on December 10, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)

The IDF says it has killed the new commander of Hamas’s Shejaiya battalion, in an airstrike in the Gaza Strip today.

Emad Qariqa recently replaced Wissam Farhat, after the latter was killed in an Israeli airstrike on December 2.

The IDF says Qariqa previously served as the deputy commander of the Shejaiya battalion, since 2019.

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