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IDF says it killed Hamas engineer in Gaza earlier today

By Emanuel Fabian 20 October 2023, 8:34 pm Edit

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

A picture taken from Sderot on October 20, 2023, shows smoke ascending over the northern Gaza Strip following an Israeli airstrike (Ronaldo Schemidt / AFP)
A picture taken from Sderot on October 20, 2023, shows smoke ascending over the northern Gaza Strip following an Israeli airstrike (Ronaldo Schemidt / AFP)

The Israel Defense Forces says it struck and killed a senior Hamas engineer in the Gaza Strip earlier today.

The IDF says Mahmoud Sabih headed a unit that developed weapons for the terror group, including drones, and had “exchanged knowledge with other terror groups throughout the Middle East.”

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