The military says the two operatives were advancing terror schemes against Israeli forces. Batash commanded a Nukhba cell; Hamouda Abu Daqqa served as a military intelligence unit commander.
The IDF and Shin Bet on Tuesday identified the two Hamas commanders killed in separate strikes over the prior two days as Ahmad Yahya Ibrahim Batash, a Nukhba cell commander, and Hamouda Abu Daqqa, a commander in Hamas's military intelligence unit. The military said both were actively advancing terror plots against Israeli forces. The announcement, carried by Israeli media, came at 14:44 Jerusalem time, consolidating a sequence that had been building in earlier reports.
The thread shows that The Zioneer first reported the elimination at 14:44 Jerusalem, with version 1 stating two Hamas commanders were killed over the weekend. By version 2, the names were confirmed — Batash and Abu Daqqa — and versions 3 through 6 added details: Batash was struck in northern Gaza on Sunday, Abu Daqqa in southern Gaza on Monday. Each iteration reaffirmed the same identification and military assessment, with corroboration coming from the joint IDF-Shin Bet statement. Source quality was consistent throughout — official military and security agency channels.
The operation is part of an ongoing campaign to dismantle Hamas's chain of command in the Gaza Strip. As The Zioneer has reported in wider context, similar targeted strikes against Nukhba operatives and intelligence figures have been a recurring theme of Israeli operations since the October 7 assault. The IDF assesses that degrading these units reduces the organization's ability to regenerate attack capability.
No further details on the method or location of the strike have been released. Casualty figures among other operatives were not reported. The military has not specified whether any civilians were harmed in the strikes.
3 developments
- StrongIDF kills two Hamas cell commanders in central and northern Gaza strikes
- DevelopingIDF, Shin Bet kill three Hamas commanders in northern Gaza strike
- StrongIDF reveals names of two Hamas operatives killed in Gaza last week, says they were plotting attacks on troops
- ConfirmedIDF kills two senior Hamas commanders in northern Gaza for ceasefire violations
Source and signal
- Internal intake