The Israeli military said it killed two senior Hamas operatives in separate strikes in the northern Gaza Strip over the weekend. Ahmad Munir Khalil Zaza, the engineering officer of the Western Jabalia Battalion in the Gaza City area, was eliminated; Hussin Safadi, the commander of the sniper array in Gaza City, was also killed. Both were advancing attack plots, according to the IDF.
The IDF confirmed Monday morning that it eliminated two senior Hamas operatives in separate strikes in the northern Gaza Strip over the weekend. Ahmad Munir Khalil Zaza, the engineering officer of the Western Jabalia Battalion in the Gaza City area, was killed after the military said he was responsible for manufacturing weapons and rigging buildings. In a separate strike, Hussin Safadi, the commander of the sniper array in Gaza City, was killed for directing multiple sniper attacks against Israeli forces throughout the war and systematically violating the ceasefire. Both were described as advancing attack plots at the time of their elimination.
The operation builds on a series of targeted killings in the Gaza Strip over recent days. On Friday, the IDF eliminated two Islamic Jihad platoon commanders and a Hamas deputy company commander. Earlier in the week, the military struck a Hamas operative building a suicide drone unit, and killed two PIJ operatives in the south. The Zioneer reported on June 15 that the IDF killed two Hamas cell commanders in the same Western Jabalia Battalion area, indicating continued operational pressure on that battalion's command structure.
No further details regarding the weapons used, precise locations of the strikes, or collateral damage have been released by the military.
2 developments
- StrongIDF kills two Hamas cell commanders in central and northern Gaza strikes
- ConfirmedIDF kills two Palestinian Islamic Jihad operatives in southern Gaza strike
- StrongIDF eliminates senior Hamas and Islamic Jihad commanders planning imminent attacks in Gaza
- DevelopingIDF kills two Hamas operatives advancing attack plots in Gaza over the weekend
Source and signal
- Internal intake