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Sunday, December 29, 2024
Israel says several October 7 terrorists among Hamas operatives killed last month
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The IDF and Shin Bet say that 14 members of Hamas, including six who participated in the October 7 onslaught, were eliminated in a series of operations and airstrikes in the northern Gaza Strip last month, adding them to previously announced tallies for November.
The announcement is made by the IDF and Shin Bet, after verifying the results of the operations last month.
Aside from battling Hamas in the Strip’s far north, troops are also working to hunt down and kill terrorists who invaded Israel on October 7, 2023, the military and Shin Bet say.
In one incident on November 27, the IDF says troops of the Givati Brigade raided a Hamas position in Jabalia, where they killed Muhammad Abd al-Hamid Salah, a Hamas terrorist who “participated in the murderous massacre on October 7.”
Another two Hamas commanders were killed in the same operation, according to the military.
The IDF says an airstrike in Jabalia on November 26 killed Rasem Jawda, a Hamas company commander, Zahar Shahab, and Ali Ramadan, all of whom it says participated in the October 7 onslaught. Another two Hamas commanders were also killed in the strike, the military says.
A separate strike on an unspecified date last month killed Muhammad Hamuda, who also participated in the October 7 attack, the IDF says. With him, five more Hamas operatives were killed, the military adds.
The military had already claimed to have killed hundreds of Hamas operatives in the Strip’s far north in November.
