Strike in Gaza: Head of Department at Hamas Production Headquarters Eliminated

The IDF and Shin Bet announced this evening (Thursday) that the intelligence information was confirmed stating that in a strike conducted in the strip a few days ago, the head of a department at the Hamas production headquarters and a company commander in the Zeitoun battalion were eliminated, along with several other terrorists.

The strike targeted a building that formerly served as the "Al Khiria" school in the city of Gaza. Air Force aircrafts targeted the location precisely with intelligence guidance. In the strike, the terrorist Ammar Daloul was eliminated, who served as the head of a department at the Hamas production headquarters and was a significant knowledge center in the terrorist organization.

Alongside him, the terrorist Jihad Yasin, a company commander in the Hamas Zeitoun battalion, who was involved in offensive activities against maneuvering IDF forces in the area, was also eliminated. The Zeitoun battalion is responsible for many terror routes recently conducted against the IDF forces operating in the strip.

In the strike, six other Hamas terrorists were also eliminated: Yahya Masoud Muhammad Ashkar, a Hamas terrorist who infiltrated the country and participated in the massacre in the area; two members of the military wing, Kamal Saber Saleem Arafat and Muhammad Muhammad Akram Aaraj; the terrorist Louay Farid Faiz Hussein Ali, a department commander in Hamas; Amad Auni Ibrahim Rayan and Ra'ad Samir Masoud Harazin, terrorists of the Hamas internal security mechanism.

The IDF emphasized that many steps were taken prior to the strike to minimize the chance of harming civilians, including the use of precise munitions, aerial surveillance, and additional intelligence information.