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IDF says its airstrike took out commander in Hamas weapons manufacturing division
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (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.
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