An Israeli drone strike this evening in the al-Mawasi area of Khan Younis, southern Gaza, killed Mahmoud al-Barass, the director of the Rafah crossing in the Hamas police force (equivalent rank of deputy commander). According to Abu Ali Express, three other people were killed in three drone strikes across the Strip today.
A drone strike this evening in the al-Mawasi area of Khan Younis targeted and killed Mahmoud al-Barass, the director of the Rafah crossing in the Hamas police force, according to the Abu Ali Express channel. The report notes his rank was equivalent to a deputy commander (Sgan Nitzav) in Israeli police standards. Three other people were killed in three separate drone strikes across the Gaza Strip today, the same source says. No additional details on the other fatalities or the specific targets of the other strikes have been released. The report comes from a single channel and has not been independently confirmed. The killing of a Hamas civil administration figure reflects the continuity of Israeli targeting of Hamas's governance infrastructure in Gaza, as The Zioneer has previously reported (June 13: drone strike on Hamas battalion commander in Khan Younis). What remains unverified: whether the Rafah crossing director was involved in militant operations or was a purely administrative target, as well as the identities and affiliations of the three other fatalities.
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