Israeli strike in Gaza kills senior Hamas commander
Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip killed a senior leader of the militant group Hamas on Sunday, Israel reported. The Israeli Defense Force (IDF) announced the death of Samir Abu Younis, a commander of Hamas’s Rafah Brigade — crediting an overnight strike that hit southern Gaza. The statement alleged he “directed terror attacks against Israeli...
The Israeli Defense Force announced that an overnight strike in southern Gaza killed Samir Abu Younis, a senior leader of the Hamas Rafah Brigade. The South China Morning Post reported that the Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, stated the 53-year-old commander was killed on Saturday and had helped plan and oversee the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel.
The IDF stated that Abu Younis directed terror attacks against Israel. According to an indictment cited by Haaretz, he communicated directly with Iranian intelligence, providing information regarding the movement of military vehicles and a photograph of a drone defense system located above a police station.
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