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Thursday, December 5, 2024
IDF says strike in Gaza humanitarian zone killed several Hamas operatives, top commander
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The IDF says that last night’s airstrike in the Israeli-designated humanitarian zone in the southern Gaza Strip killed several Hamas operatives, including a top commander in the terror group’s internal security forces.
According to the military, Osama Ghanim was involved in “activity to suppress the citizens of Gaza and was responsible for detecting threats against Hamas from within the Strip.
“Ghanim held a key role in implementing Hamas’s brutal methods, which included conducting harsh civilian interrogations while violating human rights, suppressing residents suspected of opposing Hamas, and persecuting civilians from the LGBTQ+ community,” the IDF says.
The IDF says it took numerous steps to mitigate civilian harm in the strike, including by using a precision munition, aerial surveillance, and other intelligence.
Palestinian media reported that some 20 people were killed in the strike.
The Times of Israel Community.