The deputy commander of Hamas’s Shejaiya Battalion was killed in a recent airstrike in Gaza City, the military says.
According to the IDF, Ayman Shweidah was involved in the October 7 onslaught and during the war carried out numerous attacks against troops in Gaza.
Alongside Shweidah, one of the Shejaiya Battalion’s company commanders, Ubadah Abu Hain, was also killed in the strike, the IDF says.
The IDF says Abu Hain was a veteran and prominent commander in the Shejaiya Battalion, taking a significant part in the fighting.
The 98th Division recently wrapped up a two-week raid in Shejaiya, during which troops killed more than 150 terror operatives and demolished eight tunnels, the IDF has said.
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