The IDF and Shin Bet say that they killed two senior Hamas operatives in an overnight strike in central Gaza.
They identify them as Hassan Abu Kuik, the head of operational security for the central Gaza region in the Hamas internal security forces, and Naser Mehanna, a team commander in Hamas’s military intelligence.
The IDF says that Abu Kuik was active in Hamas’s military wing and a member of its Emergency Bureau. It says he led dozens of terror acts against Israel.
In addition, the IDF says its Commando Battalion continues to operate in the UNRWA headquarters in central Gaza, finding large quantities of weapons, including explosive drones, IEDs, grenades, sniper rifles, mortar shells, rockets and RPGs. Soldiers also called in an airstrike on gunmen firing on troops from within the compound.
The IDF says fighting is also continuing in the southern town of Rafah where troops and airstrikes killed dozens of Hamas gunmen of the past day. Troops also found and destroyed several tunnels and booby-trapped underground facilities.
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