Abu Inas Salem, the commander of the Hamas police in Jabaliya, was eliminated in an IDF strike, according to security analyst Yair Goldblatt. The strike occurred in the Gaza Strip a short time ago.
Security analyst Yair Goldblatt now reports that the Hamas police commander killed in the Jabalia strike is Abu Inas Salem, updating earlier reports from two hours ago that named the commander as Muhammad Salem. The identification follows a series of updates from the same source since 12:47 Jerusalem, when Gazan sources first reported an airstrike on a Hamas police post in the Falluja area of Jabalia, killing four.
The thread developed rapidly at 12:47 Jerusalem: the death toll rose to five, then a separate report of four killed in the same area emerged. By the same hour, the toll reached seven, with the Hamas police commander in Jabalia identified as Muhammad Salem (versions 4-5). Subsequently, Abu Ali Express and Yair Goldblatt published the names of seven Hamas police operatives killed, including a female officer (versions 6-7). All reports have been single-sourced from analysts and outlets, without independent confirmation from the IDF or official Israeli sources.
What remains open: the identity of the commander—whether Muhammad Salem and Abu Inas Salem are the same person or different individuals—has not been reconciled. The overall death toll and the status of the other casualties await official confirmation. The reports remain unverified.
5 developments
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Source and signal
- Internal intake