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IDF says it killed several Hamas operatives, including Oct. 7 terrorist, in Gaza strikes in past week
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Several Hamas operatives, including a terrorist who invaded Israel during the October 7, 2023, onslaught, were killed in strikes in the Gaza Strip this past week, the IDF announces.
One strike in central Gaza on Tuesday killed Muhannad Asaad Mahmoud Abu Ghazal, a commander of a Nukhba Force cell.
The military says Abu Ghazal raided the Kissufim area on October 7.
A separate strike on Tuesday in northern Gaza killed Raed Hani Mohammed, a surveillance operative in Hamas’s aerial array, according to the IDF.
The same strike also killed Nabhan Mohammed Nabhan al-Amsi, chief of intelligence in Hamas’s Gaza City Brigade, the military says.
The IDF says the operatives had advanced attacks on troops and Israeli civilians, and were targeted to “remove the threat.”
צה"ל חיסל ראש חוליית נוח'בה שפשט למרחב כיסופים ב-7 באוקטובר ומחבלים נוספים מארגון הטרור חמאס
צה"ל תקף במרכז רצועת עזה מוקדם יותר השבוע (ב'), וחיסל את המחבל מהנד אסעד מחמוד אבו גזאל, ראש חוליית נוח'בה בארגון הטרור חמאס.
אבו גזאל פשט למרחב כיסופים במהלך טבח ה-7 באוקטובר.
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— צבא ההגנה לישראל (@idfonline) July 25, 2026
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