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Monday, May 19, 2025
Report: Arbel Yehoud’s captor killed in IDF operation in Khan Younis
Nurit Yohanan is The Times of Israel's Palestinian and Arab world correspondent
A wagon reportedly used by Israeli troops in a special forces operation in southern Gaza's Khan Younis (left) and Ahmad Sarhan, a top member of the Popular Resistance Committees who was killed in the operation, May 19, 2025. (Social media: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
The Saudi newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat reports that Ahmad Sarhan, a senior member of the terror organization the Popular Resistance Committees, who was reportedly killed this morning in a raid in Khan Younis in Gaza, was responsible for the abduction of Arbel Yehoud and for holding her captive in Gaza.
It was also reported that the IDF troops involved in the raid attempted to arrest Sarhan, but he confronted the soldiers, and was shot and killed. According to the report, the forces arrested his wife and 12-year-old son.
There is no comment from the IDF.
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