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Israel says senior Hamas intel operative who helped plan Oct. 7 killed in Gaza strike yesterday

By Emanuel Fabian 29 April 2026, 10:13 am
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Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

A senior Hamas intelligence operative was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the northern Gaza Strip yesterday, the IDF and Shin Bet announce in a joint statement.

The strike killed Iyad Ahmed Abd al-Rahman Shambari, who served as chief of operations in Hamas’s intelligence division, according to the military and Shin Bet.

Shambari was a “central figure involved in gathering intelligence on IDF troops” for attacks, and he “posed an immediate threat to IDF troops operating in the area,” the statement says.

The IDF and Shin Bet say he also took part in planning the Hamas-led October 7, 2023, onslaught.

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