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Top commander in Hamas’s naval police among terror operatives killed in weekend Gaza strike, IDF says
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
A top commander in Hamas’s naval police, along with two other operatives in the terror group, were killed in an Israeli strike in the central Gaza Strip over the weekend, the IDF announces.
The IDF says the naval police “operates under Hamas’s military wing and advances and directs terror attacks against IDF troops and the State of Israel.”
The strike on Friday targeted Mansour Sami Mahmoud Shahtout, the commander of Hamas’s naval police in the Central Camps, according to the military.
Two other commanders in the naval police who were with Shahtout in the targeted vehicle were killed in the strike, the military says.
The IDF says Shahtout recently worked to advance attacks on Israeli troops. All three operatives “were traveling in a vehicle while armed with weapons, and as such posed a threat to IDF troops operating in the Gaza Strip,” the army adds.
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