The intelligence officer of Hamas’s Gaza City Brigade was killed in an airstrike yesterday, the IDF and Shin Bet announce.
According to the IDF, Adil Hamdiya was among several Hamas terrorists targeted at a United Nations compound in Gaza City’s Zeitoun neighborhood, a strike the military issued a statement on last night.
Hamdiya served in the role of chief of intelligence in the Gaza City Brigade since 2019, and was responsible for collecting intelligence on Israel ahead of the October 7 onslaught, according to the IDF and Shin Bet.
Amid the war, Hamdiya directed Hamas attacks against IDF troops in Gaza, and worked to collect intelligence on Israel’s ground maneuver, according to the military.
Following the strike yesterday, the IDF said it carried out “many steps” to mitigate harm to civilians, including using aerial surveillance and “precision munitions.”
In recent weeks, more than 50 airstrikes have been carried out against Hamas sites embedded within schools and other sites used as shelters for civilians, according to the IDF.
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