The IDF said Tuesday it killed Osama Naim Hamdi Shamlakh, a Hamas naval cell commander, in a Gaza City airstrike on Monday, and independently struck and killed three armed Hamas operatives in the northern Gaza Strip who were preparing attacks against Israeli troops. The military described all four as immediate threats.
The IDF confirmed the identity of the Hamas naval commander eliminated in Monday's Gaza City strike as Osama Naim Hamdi Shamlakh, in an update published Tuesday at 11:22 Jerusalem. The military had previously announced the elimination of a naval cell commander and three armed operatives in separate strikes, naming Shamlakh in the initial bulletin at 09:02 Jerusalem. The IDF said Shamlakh was a cell commander in Hamas's naval force who had been working to rebuild the force and advance maritime attack plans.
The Zioneer's initial report on the northern Gaza strike, published at 11:07 Jerusalem, described the elimination of three armed Hamas operatives preparing attacks against Israeli troops. The current update reaffirms the naval commander's identity and the outcomes of both strikes. The IDF's account remains the sole source of information on the operations.
As The Zioneer has reported, the IDF has consistently targeted Hamas's naval infrastructure and commanders throughout the war, including the elimination of naval police commander Mansour Shahtout on June 28 and the strike on the naval police headquarters on June 9. These operations reflect a sustained effort to degrade Hamas's maritime capabilities.
No independent confirmation of the strikes has been published beyond the IDF's official statements.
2 developments
- StrongIDF strikes Hamas naval police headquarters and weapon warehouses in Gaza, kills commander
- StrongIDF kills four Hamas commanders including Oct. 7 infiltration leader and naval police chief
- DevelopingIDF strike kills Hamas cell leader in southern Gaza; 8 reported dead in tent camp attack
- StrongIDF and Shin Bet eliminate Hamas platoon commander Adel Jihad Muhammad Asfour
Source and signal
- Internal intake