IDF says recent strike killed Hamas sniper forces commander in Rafah

The commander of Hamas’s sniper forces in the terror group’s Tel Sultan Battalion, in southern Gaza’s Rafah, was killed in a recent strike, the military says.

According to the IDF, the sniper commander, Ahmad Iyad Muhammad Farhat, was responsible for advancing and carrying out numerous attacks on Israeli troops in Gaza and against Israel.

The IDF’s Gaza Division has been operating in Rafah’s Tel Sultan and Shaboura neighborhoods since last month. In the past day, the military says troops killed several operatives and destroyed booby-trapped buildings.

Nearby, between Rafah and Khan Younis, the IDF says the 36th Division advanced in the so-called Morag Corridor, during which troops killed operatives and destroyed above-ground and underground infrastructure used by Hamas.

In northern Gaza, the 252nd Division located and destroyed additional Hamas infrastructure, and a tank shelled a group of armed operatives, killing them, the IDF says.

Also over the past day, Israeli Air Force fighter jets, drones, and helicopters struck some 40 targets in Gaza.

The IDF says the targets include cells of operatives, buildings used by terror groups, weapons, and other infrastructure.