The Israeli military said it eliminated Ahmad Munir Khalil Zaza, the engineering officer of the Hamas West Jabalia Battalion, and Hussein Safadi, the group's Gaza City sniper commander, in separate precision strikes. According to the IDF, both men continued planning attacks against Israeli troops, violating the ceasefire. The military said measures were taken to reduce civilian harm.
The Israel Defense Forces confirmed late Monday morning the identities of two senior Hamas commanders eliminated in separate precision strikes in the northern Gaza Strip, as reported earlier. IDF Spokesperson's Unit named the slain operatives as Ahmad Munir Khalil Zaza, engineering officer of the West Jabalia Battalion, and Hussein Safadi, commander of the sniper array in Gaza City. The military stated both men continued planning attacks against Israeli troops in violation of the ceasefire, adding that precautions were taken to reduce civilian harm. The Zioneer first reported the elimination at 10:10 Jerusalem time, based on the initial IDF statement; the 08:03 Jerusalem thread items had already carried the same core information with minor name spelling variations (Hussin Safadi).
The elimination continues a sustained campaign by the IDF against the mid-level officer corps of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Gaza. Over the past two weeks, The Zioneer has reported the killing of deputy company commanders, platoon commanders, cell leaders, and finance operatives across the strip — including a Hamas deputy company commander on June 12 (Fri 18:00 Jerusalem), two Hamas cell commanders on June 15 (Mon 23:36 and 23:47 Jerusalem), two October 7 participants on June 17 (Wed 23:07 Jerusalem), and two finance operatives on June 21 (Sun 09:22 Jerusalem). The IDF has described the targeted figures as posing imminent threats to troops or as having violated the ceasefire, even as large-scale hostilities remain paused.
The Zioneer has also reported background context: on June 21 (Sun 21:50 Jerusalem), the Shin Bet and IDF detailed dozens of attacks foiled that were directed by Hamas operatives based in Turkey, operating through the organization's West Bank headquarters in Istanbul.
The claim that both men were in breach of the ceasefire remains an IDF assertion that cannot be independently verified at this stage.
2 developments
- StrongIDF kills two Hamas cell commanders in central and northern Gaza strikes
- DevelopingIDF kills senior Hamas commander and his son in Gaza City strike
- ConfirmedIDF kills two Palestinian Islamic Jihad operatives in southern Gaza strike
- DevelopingIDF kills three armed Hamas operatives advancing attack plots in northern Gaza
Source and signal
- Internal intake