Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Nahal Brigade commander Col. Arik Moyal is seen in southern Gaza's Rafah while holding an assault rifle found on a cell of terror operatives who were killed earlier, on November 30, 2025. (Screenshot: X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
The commander of Hamas’s East Rafah Battalion, his deputy, and two other terror operatives are confirmed by the military to have been killed early this morning after attempting to flee a tunnel in the southern Gaza Strip.
In a video circulating online, the commander of the IDF’s Nahal Brigade, Col. Arik Moyal, says his forces, with support from the Israeli Air Force, killed the local Hamas battalion commander, his deputy, a company commander, and a fourth operative whom he identifies as the son of senior Hamas official Ghazi Hamad.
Moyal in the video holds a Tavor assault rifle recovered from the slain terror operatives, which he says belonged to Staff Sgt. Or Mizrahi, a Nahal soldier who was killed while battling terrorists on the Gaza border during the October 7, 2023, onslaught.
Staff Sgt. Or Mizrahi who was killed by Hamas on October 7, 2023. (IDF)
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