The military said Ali Shamlakh, a deputy Nukhba company commander who trained operatives, and Nasser Louh, a Nukhba cell leader, were killed in a precise aerial strike. Both were described as posing a threat to Israeli forces.
The IDF announced Wednesday afternoon that it had eliminated two Hamas Nukhba commanders in a precision aerial strike in the northern Gaza Strip overnight. The military identified the operatives as Ali Shamlakh, a deputy Nukhba company commander responsible for training militants, and Nasser Louh, a Nukhba cell leader in the Sabra Battalion. Both were described as posing an immediate threat to Israeli troops.
The Zioneer tracked the story through three updates. The initial report at 13:17 Jerusalem stated the strike but spelled the names as Ali Smelha and Nasser Luh. Subsequent versions at the same time corrected the spellings to Ali Shamlakh and Nasser Louh, matching the IDF's official identification. The elimination of Nukhba commanders is part of a broader IDF campaign targeting the unit; as The Zioneer reported on July 7, Ahmad Yahya Ibrahim Batsh, a Nukhba cell commander, was killed in northern Gaza, and on July 5, Muhammad Najib Ashour, a Nukhba platoon commander, was eliminated.
The Nukhba force is Hamas's elite unit, which led the cross-border attack on October 7, 2023, and has been a primary target of Israeli operations in Gaza. The IDF has repeatedly stated that it is dismantling the unit's command structure through a series of precision strikes.
No independent confirmation of the strike's details has been provided by Hamas or other sources. The exact time of the operation and the location in northern Gaza remain unverified beyond the IDF's initial announcement.
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