Israeli forces kill Hamas’ battalion commander

ISRAELI SOLDIER. PHOTO: IDF.IL

The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) have reported that an airstrike on the Gaza Strip has killed Mustafa Dalloul, commander of Hamas’ Sabra Tel al-Hawa battalion.

Source: The Times of Israel

Details: The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) have reported that an airstrike on the Gaza Strip has killed Mustafa Dalloul, the commander of Hamas’ Sabra-Tel al-Hawa battalion.

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The IDF said Dalloul “took a key role in the management of the fighting against IDF forces in the Gaza Strip”.

The IDF separately pointed out that Israeli fighter jets, attack helicopters and artillery led by the Nahal Brigade infantry struck and killed several Hamas terrorists during night operations in the Gaza Strip.

Meanwhile, soldiers from Israel’s 551st Brigade discovered weapons (assault rifles, submachine guns, grenades, explosive devices, RPGs [Soviet-era rocket-propelled grenade launchers] and ammunition), as well as intelligence materials such as maps and communications equipment during searches in Beit Hanoun in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.

Photo: timesofisrael.com

The Israeli Air Force and Navy also struck several Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip overnight, including buildings used by the militants to attack ground troops and anti-tank missile launching positions, the IDF said.

Background:

• On 31 October, the IDF reported that they had started fighting with Hamas in the underground tunnels of the Gaza Strip.
• On 2 November, the IDF said their ground forces and tanks had clashed with Hamas terrorist cells in the northern Gaza Strip at night, resulting in dozens of militants being killed.
• Reports also indicated that the IDF’s engineering units had launched a large-scale operation to destroy Hamas tunnels in the Gaza Strip, which the IDF has taken over; over 100 tunnels have been ruined so far.
• Later, the IDF stated that they were already operating inside Gaza City and surrounding it from several sides.
• Earlier, a senior member of Hamas, Ghazi Hamad, welcomed the large-scale attack on Israel on 7 October, during which civilians were massacred, and promised that the Palestinian terrorist group would repeat such attacks many times in the future until it destroys Israel.

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