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Terror group confirms senior member killed in Khan Younis raid

By Nurit Yohanan 19 May 2025, 12:16 pm Edit

Nurit Yohanan is The Times of Israel's Palestinian and Arab world correspondent

The military wing of the Popular Resistance Committees, a small terrorist organization operating in the Gaza Strip, officially announces the death of Ahmad Sarhan, following reports that the senior figure was killed in an Israeli commando raid this morning.

The organization says Sarhan was responsible for the group’s “special operations.” It claims that Israeli commandos killed Sarhan after failing in an attempt to arrest him.

Earlier today, media outlets in Gaza reported that an Israeli special forces unit entered Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip as part of a covert operation, killing Sarhan and arresting his wife and children.

The Popular Resistance Committees is the third-largest terrorist organization in the Gaza Strip and in recent years has operated under the authority of Hamas.

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