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Saturday, November 11, 2023
Shin Bet, IDF say strikes in Gaza killed terror operatives who plotted attacks on Israelis
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The Shin Bet security agency and Israeli military in a joint statement say that airstrikes in the Gaza Strip have killed some 20 terror operatives — mostly Hamas members — who in recent years worked to advance attacks against Israelis in the West Bank and Israel.
The statement says around half of the operatives were members of Hamas’s so-called West Bank headquarters, “the body entrusted with the recruitment of operatives from [the West Bank] and Jerusalem to carry out attacks in Israel, financing and managing Hamas activities [in the West Bank].
It says the IDF struck some 10 targets in a Gaza City neighborhood where Hamas operatives who were released from Israeli jails in prisoner exchange deals — “and since their release have continued to engage in advancing terror activity, with an emphasis on the financing and planning of Hamas attacks in [the West Bank] and Israel.” — live.
The Shin Bet names some of the operatives who were killed: Abdullah Abu Saif, Ramzi Awak, Mohammad Halabi and Muhammad Awdallah.
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