The Israel Defense Forces said it killed two Hamas cell commanders in separate precision strikes in the central and northern Gaza Strip on Monday evening: Saleh Ramadan Muhammad Khalifa, head of a cell in the Nuseirat Battalion, and Muhammad Musa Diab al-Habil, head of a cell in the Western Jabalia Battalion. Both were described as an immediate threat to Israeli troops operating in the area, the military stated.
The IDF confirmed Monday evening that it struck and killed two Hamas cell commanders in the Gaza Strip earlier in the day. Saleh Ramadan Muhammad Khalifa, identified as the head of a cell in the Hamas Nuseirat Battalion, was eliminated in a precision strike in the central Gaza Strip, according to the military. Muhammad Musa Diab al-Habil, head of a cell in the Western Jabalia Battalion, was killed in a separate strike in the northern Strip. Both were described by the IDF as posing an immediate threat to Israeli forces operating in their respective sectors, and were struck preemptively. The operation followed a series of similar targeted eliminations in Gaza in recent days, including a strike earlier Monday in which troops killed two armed operatives in central Gaza (The Zioneer, 20:32). The military has maintained a heightened tempo of precision strikes against mid-level Hamas and Islamic Jihad commanders deemed to be actively planning imminent attacks on Israeli troops.
2 developments
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- DevelopingIDF kills senior Hamas commander and his son in Gaza City strike
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