The IDF said it struck over the weekend five Hamas operatives who were attempting to rehabilitate an underground terror infrastructure in the northern Gaza Strip, west of the Yellow Line. One of the killed was identified as Hudhayfah Hussein Abdullah al-Hawajr, a Nukhba Force operative from the East Jabalia Battalion. The military reported hits on additional operatives.
The IDF has identified one of the five Hamas operatives it struck over the weekend in the northern Gaza Strip as Hudhayfah Hussein Abdullah al-Hawajr, a Nukhba Force operative from Hamas' East Jabalia Battalion. This identification, confirmed by the military at 14:42 Jerusalem, is the sole new detail in an otherwise unchanged account of the strike, which the IDF says targeted operatives attempting to rehabilitate underground terror infrastructure west of the Yellow Line. The military reported hits on additional operatives but has not disclosed their condition or identity.
The Zioneer first reported the strike at 14:42 Jerusalem, citing the IDF's initial statement that five Hamas operatives had been killed while attempting to rebuild a tunnel. By the same timestamp, the military had released the operative's name; earlier versions of the thread, all published at 14:42, had varied slightly in the spelling and framing of the identity. The thread's initial version (version 1) described the target as operatives advancing attack plots, with one killed and four wounded; later versions consistently describe five killed. The IDF has stated its forces remain deployed in the area under the ceasefire agreement.
As The Zioneer reported on June 23, the IDF has carried out other strikes in northern Gaza against Nukhba operatives, including one involved in holding a hostage. The area west of the Yellow Line, part of the northern Gaza Strip, has seen repeated Israeli operations targeting tunnel infrastructure and operatives since the ceasefire was established.
The condition of the four other operatives hit in the strike remains unknown. The military has not released details on the specific tunnel infrastructure targeted or on whether any additional strikes were conducted in the same area over the weekend. No further identification of the other operatives has been provided.
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