The Israeli military confirmed on Sunday the demise in an assault in Mawasi of the commander of the Khan Yunis brigade of the armed wing of Hamas, Rafaa Salameh, right-hand man of the group’s quantity two within the Gaza Strip and its navy chief, Mohamed Deif, whose demise has not but been confirmed.
“On Saturday, following intelligence from the Shin Guess and the Israel Protection Forces, the Air Pressure attacked and eradicated the commander of Hamas’s Khan Yunis Brigade, Rafaa Salameh. He was one among Deif’s closest collaborators and one of many masterminds behind the October 7 bloodbath,” a navy assertion stated.
Yesterday, Israel carried out an assault on a home in Mawasi, thought-about a “humanitarian zone” within the Khan Yunis space – south of the Gaza Strip – aimed toward killing Mohamed Deif, head of the al Qassam Brigades, the navy wing of Hamas and thought of the mastermind of the October 7 assaults in Israel.
Israeli authorities haven’t but confirmed that Deif was killed within the assault, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying final evening that there was “no absolute certainty” of his demise, whereas Hamas has been fast to disclaim, with out offering proof, that he died within the assault.
The assault additionally left a minimum of 90 useless and greater than 300 wounded, in accordance with the Hamas-controlled Gaza authorities.
The Israeli military justified the assault on an space it has labelled a “humanitarian zone” by saying that the bombing was exact and that it occurred on a Hamas compound situated in an open space, surrounded by timber and buildings, and never on the tents in Mawasi, the place lots of of hundreds of displaced folks dwell.
Salameh joined Hamas within the early Nineties and was appointed commander of the Khan Yunis and Al Qarara battalions of the al-Qassam Brigades, underneath the command of Mohamed Sinwar, brother of Yahya Sinwar, Hamas’s chief contained in the Strip and probably the most highly effective man throughout the group on the time, who was additionally the architect of the 7 October assaults. His whereabouts stay unknown.
“Salameh performed a key function within the kidnapping of Israeli soldier Gilad Shilat throughout Operation Protecting Edge in 2014. He was in command of Hamas’s fight assist and defensive plans,” the military stated.
In 2016, he changed Mohamed Sinwar as commander of the Khan Yunis Brigade, one among Hamas’ strongest, and on this place Salameh was answerable for all of the brigade’s troops and “was liable for all rocket launches fired from the realm into Israeli territory.”
“Salameh additionally commanded two offensive terror tunnels that had been dismantled in Khan Yunis in Operation Guardian of the Partitions in Might 2021. On this operation, 18 terrorists who tried to infiltrate Israeli territory by means of that tunnel had been eradicated,” the navy assertion stated.
In response to Israel, the elimination of Salameh “considerably hampers Hamas’ navy capabilities.”
Shin Guess safety company chief Ron Bar stated immediately that Israeli forces killed 25 militants who took half within the October 7 assault up to now week.
“The assault in Khan Yunis is the results of surgical intelligence, which begins with the trouble that you’ve got been making right here in latest months,” stated Bar throughout a go to to the troops in Rafah, south of Gaza, concerning the bombardment with 5 missiles yesterday in Mawasi directed in opposition to Deif. EFE
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