IDF says it killed Hamas commander behind Oct. 7 attack on army post, paraglider chief

The Israel Defense Forces and Shin Bet say they eliminated two senior Hamas operatives in recent airstrikes in Gaza.

According to the IDF, Fahmi Salami, commander of the elite Nukhba forces in Hamas’s Zeitoun Battalion, was killed in an airstrike on a building that had previously served as the Al-Falah School. Salami led the October 7 attack on the Paga military post, which resulted in the deaths of 14 Israeli soldiers, the army says, adding that he continued to lead terror operations throughout the ongoing conflict.

In a separate strike, Salah Dahman, the head of Hamas’s paraglider unit, was killed in the Jabalia area. The Shin Bet says that Dahman was responsible for overseeing the group’s aerial activities.