An Israeli airstrike targeted a vehicle in northwest Khan Younis, killing the Hamas military media commander for the area, according to Palestinian reports cited by Israeli media. The operative is reportedly the grandson of Ahmed Nimr Hamdan, a founding member of Hamas, and the son-in-law of Rafa'a Salama, the former Khan Younis brigade commander who was killed alongside Mohammed Deif in July 2024.
The identification of the Hamas military media commander killed in today's drone strike as the grandson of a founding member of Hamas and the son-in-law of the former Khan Younis brigade commander emerged from reports published shortly after the initial strike. The latest details, confirmed by Gaza sources cited by Israeli media, underscore the family lineage of senior Hamas figures in the Gaza Strip.
Initial reports at 11:54 Jerusalem, attributed to a single unverified source, stated that an Israeli drone strike on a jeep in northwest Khan Younis killed two people and wounded several others. Within minutes, additional Gaza reports identified one of the operatives as Anas Mahmoud Ahmed Nimr Hamdan, the military media commander of the Khan Younis brigade in Hamas's armed wing. Further reports, cited by N12 journalist Sapir Lipkin, revealed that Hamdan is the grandson of Ahmed Nimr Hamdan, a founding generation figure of Hamas, and the son-in-law of Rafa'a Salama, the former Khan Younis brigade commander killed alongside Mohammed Deif in July 2024.
The strike is part of ongoing Israeli operations targeting Hamas infrastructure in the Khan Younis area. The Zioneer reported at 13:56 Jerusalem that the strike occurred in the Al-Mawasi area west of Khan Younis. Similar drone strikes in the region have killed Hamas police and military officials in recent weeks, including the director of the Rafah crossing police and a battalion commander, as The Zioneer previously reported.
The IDF has not officially commented on the identity of the operative or the strike itself. The initial report was based on a single unverified source, though subsequent reports have been corroborated by multiple Palestinian and Israeli media outlets.
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