Senior Hamas rocket commander killed in Gaza drone strike last week, IDF says

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

Troops operating in the Gaza Strip in an undated photo released by the military on September 8, 2024 (Israel Defense Forces)
Troops operating in the Gaza Strip in an undated photo released by the military on September 8, 2024 (Israel Defense Forces)

A senior Hamas rocket commander was killed in an Israeli drone strike in the Gaza Strip last week, the military announces.

According to the IDF, the strike on Tuesday killed Raaif Abu Shab, head of the rocket unit in Hamas’s East Khan Younis Battalion.

The IDF says he was responsible for rocket barrages from the Khan Younis area at southern and central Israel during the war.

Meanwhile, over the past day, Israeli fighter jets and drones struck more than 25 Hamas targets across Gaza, including buildings used by the terror group and cells of operatives, the IDF says.

The strikes come as the IDF’s 162nd Division continues to operate in southern Gaza’s Rafah, and the 252nd battles Hamas in the Netzarim Corridor in the Strip’s center.

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