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Thursday, November 9, 2023
IDF says it killed Hamas regional commander responsible for anti-tank missile attacks
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The Israel Defense Forces says it has killed a senior Hamas commander responsible for the terror group’s anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) operations in central Gaza.
In a joint statement with the Shin Bet security agency, the IDF says Ibrahim Abu-Maghsib was the head of Hamas’s ATGM array in the so-called central camps brigade.
“As part of his position, he directed and carried out numerous anti-tank missile launches directed at Israeli civilians and IDF soldiers,” the statement says.
The IDF publishes a video showing the strike.
צה״ל בהכוונה מודיענית של שב"כ ואמ"ן, חיסל את המחבל איבראהים אבו-מע׳ציב, ראש מערך טילי הנ"ט של חטיבת מחנות המרכז בארגון הטרור חמאס באמצעות מטוס קרב. במסגרת תפקידו הכווין והוציא לפועל פיגועי נ״ט רבים לעבר אזרחי ישראל וכוחות צה״ל >> pic.twitter.com/vgw5XZYxHu
— דובר צה״ל אפי דפרין – Effie Defrin (@IDFSpokesperson) November 9, 2023
Separately, the IDF says Navy forces struck Hamas ATGM launch positions in the Gaza Strip today.
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