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IDF says it struck and killed elite Hamas operatives carrying out military exercise in central Gaza
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Illustrative: Armed members of Hamas and Islamic Jihad greet people gathering for Eid al-Fitr prayers in Gaza City, March 20, 2026. (AP/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Several members of Hamas’s elite Nukhba Force who were carrying out a military exercise in the central Gaza Strip were killed in an airstrike last night, the IDF says.
The IDF says the armed terror operatives “had recently carried out several military training sessions in the area and posed a threat to IDF troops and to the State of Israel.”
Amid the ongoing war in Iran, the IDF has said it has killed dozens of Hamas operatives in the Strip, mostly accusing them of violating the ceasefire.
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