IDF says it has killed three senior Hamas commanders in Gaza airstrike

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

Smoke rises from buildings demolished by Israeli airstrikes in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip on October 26, 2023. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)
Smoke rises from buildings demolished by Israeli airstrikes in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip on October 26, 2023. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)

The Israel Defense Forces says it has killed three senior commanders in Hamas’s Daraj-Tuffah Battalion in an airstrike in the Gaza Strip today.

The IDF says the strike killed the battalion’s commander, Rifaat Abbas; the deputy commander, Ibrahim Jadba; and a combat support commander, Tarek Maarouf.

According to the IDF, the Daraj-Tuffah Battalion is part of Hamas’s Gaza City Brigade, which is “considered the most significant brigade of the Hamas terrorist organization.”

“The battalion’s operatives played a significant role in the invasion and murderous attack against Israel on October 7th,” the IDF adds.

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