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Thursday, October 19, 2023
IDF says it killed head of military wing of Gaza’s Popular Resistance Committees
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe IDF says that overnight it killed the head of the military wing of Gaza’s Popular Resistance Committees terror group.
The military says that warplanes carried out an airstrike on the southern Gaza city of Rafah following information received from the Shin Bet, killing Rafat Abu Hilal.
The Popular Resistance Committees is the third largest terror faction in the Strip after Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
Separately, the IDF says it targeted several members of Hamas’s so-called Nukhba commando forces, who led the October 7 onslaught.
The military says more than ten Nukhba members were killed in the strikes.
In addition, the IDF says it destroyed hundreds of Hamas sites in the last 24 hours, including anti-tank missile launch sites, tunnel shafts, intelligence infrastructure, and various command centers.
צה״ל ממשיך לתקוף כל העת ברחבי רצועת עזה. במהלך היממה האחרונה צה"ל, בהכוונת שב"כ, השמיד מאות תשתיות טרור של חמאס, מתוכן עשרות שנתקפו בשכונת ס'געיה. מאות תשתיות הטרור שהותקפו כוללות עמדות שיגור טילי נ"ט, פירי מנהרות, תשתיות מודיעין, חמ"לים מבצעיים ומפקדות נוספות >> pic.twitter.com/3Dd7ZkFUcw
— דובר צה״ל אפי דפרין – Effie Defrin (@IDFSpokesperson) October 19, 2023
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