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Thursday, December 12, 2024
IDF says its airstrike took out commander in Hamas weapons manufacturing division
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
An Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip this week eliminated a top commander in Hamas’s weapons manufacturing division, the IDF and Shin Bet say.
According to the military, the strike against a Hamas commander center embedded within the al-Hurriya school in Gaza City, killed the commander, Ammar Daloul, and several other operatives including one who participated in the October 7 onslaught.
Daloul served as a department head in Hamas’s manufacturing division and a company commander in the terror group’s Zeitoun Battalion, according to the IDF.
The military says the strike also killed Hamas terrorists Jihad Yassin, a company commander in the Zeitoun Battalion; Yahya Masoud Muhammad Ashqar, who infiltrated Israeli territory and participated in the October 7 onslaught; Kamal Saber Salim Arafat; Muhammad Muhammad Akram Aaraj; Loay Farid Faiz Hussein Ali, a platoon commander; Imad Aouni Ibrahim Rayan; and Raed Samir Masoud Harazayn, a member of Hamas’s internal security forces.
Before carrying out the strike, the IDF says it took steps to mitigate civilian harm.
