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Tuesday, February 10, 2026
Report says man killed in central Gaza was elite PIJ commander, after IDF said strikes targeted Hamas
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe UK-based Arabic outlet Asharq al-Awsat identifies Assem Abu Holi, one of the people killed by the IDF in central Gaza earlier today, as “the commander of the elite unit in al-Quds Brigades,” the armed wing of Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
The strike also critically wounded another PIJ operative who was with Abu Holi, and killed an elderly male passerby, according to the outlet. Some reports had indicated three people were killed in the strike.
The report comes after the IDF confirmed carrying out strikes across the Gaza Strip, which the military said targeted Hamas operatives in response to an attack on troops yesterday in the Rafah area. The military’s statement did not mention PIJ.
According to Palestinian media, Abu Holi was killed in a strike on a motorized bike traveling on Gaza’s central Salah al-Din Road, at the entrance to the al-Musaddar, east of Deir al-Balah and inside the Hamas-controlled side of the Gaza ceasefire line.
مراسل الجزيرة مباشر: شهيدان جراء استهداف الاحتلال دراجة نارية على مدخل منطقة المصدر وسط قطاع غزة pic.twitter.com/dZtVoDrZCs
— الجزيرة مباشر (@ajmubasher) February 10, 2026
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