The Israel Defense Forces announced Tuesday that it killed four Hamas operatives in a strike earlier today in northern Gaza, including Mohammed Marwan Mohammed Salem, head of military security for the Central Jabaliya Battalion. Among the others killed was Abd al-Malik Abu al-Jabin, a Nukhba operative and head of investigations in Hamas police. The military said the cell was gathering to advance terror plots.
The Israel Defense Forces on Tuesday evening released the full names of four Hamas operatives killed in a strike earlier today in northern Gaza, including Mohammed Marwan Mohammed Salem, the head of military security for the Central Jabaliya Battalion. The identification caps a day of evolving reports about the strike, which began with unverified claims from a security analyst and the Hamas-run interior ministry before the IDF issued its own account.
At 12:47 Jerusalem, security analyst Yair Goldblatt reported that the strike had killed six Hamas police operatives, including station commander Abu Inas Salem, and a policewoman, Fatma Zakout. Minutes later, the Hamas interior ministry announced that seven people had been killed, identifying the station commander as Muhammad Marwan Salem. The IDF then confirmed that it had killed the head of military security of the Central Jabaliya Battalion along with three other operatives. In a series of updates published at 12:47 Jerusalem, the military identified the other operatives as Abd al-Malik Abu al-Jabin, a Nukhba operative and head of investigations in Hamas police, Yaman Muhammad Gabril Abid, and Ghassan Akram Salama Daks. The IDF stated that the cell was gathering to advance terror plots and was struck to remove an immediate threat.
As The Zioneer has reported, the strike is part of broader IDF operations targeting Hamas's military and security infrastructure in Gaza. On Monday, the IDF killed two Hamas cell commanders in central and northern Gaza. Earlier this month, the IDF and Shin Bet confirmed the elimination of Muhammad Naim Jundiya, the head of military security for Hamas's Shujaiya Battalion, who was involved in holding hostages. The Zioneer has also covered the systematic targeting of Hamas Nukhba commanders and police officials.
The IDF's account of four operatives killed does not include the policewoman Fatma Zakout, whom the analyst reported as killed in the same strike. The Hamas-run interior ministry's claim of seven fatalities has not been corroborated by the IDF. The differing counts and identities underscore the contested nature of battlefield reporting from Gaza.
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