Security analyst Yair Goldblatt reports that an IDF strike on a Hamas police point in Jabaliya, northern Gaza Strip, eliminated six operatives, including station commander Abu Inas Salem. A photo released shows the six, not including policewoman Fatma Zakout who was also eliminated in the same strike.
Security analyst Yair Goldblatt released a photo on Tuesday afternoon of six Hamas police operatives eliminated in an IDF strike on a police point in Jabaliya, northern Gaza, earlier today. The six include station commander Abu Inas Salem, Yaman Abid, Abd al-Malik Abu Jabin, Gassan al-Duks, Mufid Halawa, and Ibrahim Musa. Goldblatt noted that policewoman Fatma Zakout was also eliminated in the same strike but is not pictured. The update comes as the death toll from the strike has been revised upward throughout the day.
The first reports of the strike emerged at 12:47 Jerusalem, when Gazan sources said four people were killed. By the same hour, the toll was updated to five, then to seven, and later to ten, including the Hamas police commander initially identified as Muhammad Salem. Successive reports from the Abu Ali Express outlet and Goldblatt himself named the seven operatives, including a female officer. The latest version of the thread, also published at 12:47, identified the commander as Abu Inas Salem. The reporting has evolved from a single unconfirmed source to multiple named accounts, though the IDF has not issued an official statement.
The strike is part of ongoing Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip. As The Zioneer has reported, similar strikes in recent weeks have targeted Hamas and Islamic Jihad commanders, including a June 7 strike that eliminated four Islamic Jihad commanders in Gaza City.
The identities of the seven operatives, including Fatma Zakout, have not been confirmed by Israeli military sources. The IDF has not commented on this specific incident, and the reports remain based on the account of security analyst Yair Goldblatt.
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