IDF kills Hamas deputy naval commander who partook in Oct. 7
Deputy Commander of Hamas
Yousef took part in the October 7 massacre, and helped plan countless ambushes on IDF soldiers during fighting in the Gaza Strip.
Iyad Abu Yousef, deputy commander of Hamas‘ naval police, was confirmed killed by the IDF on Monday afternoon.
Yousef was killed in a precise IAF strike on central camps in Gaza, based on information gathered by Israeli military intelligence and the Israel Navy.
Yousef took part in the October 7 massacre, and helped plan countless ambushes on IDF soldiers during fighting in the Gaza Strip.
Eliminating terrorists and destroying terror structures
Israel’s operations in Gaza have intensified since the renewal of Operation Gideon’s Chariots in Gaza City.
“The forces are eliminating terrorists and destroying military structures that were used by terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip,” the IDF said last week, after striking around 140 targets in a single day.
About 550,000 Palestinian civilians have evacuated Gaza City out of the nearly one million who were there before the current operation started, according to an IDF report on Sunday night, despite Hamas’s desperate attempts to prevent civilians from leaving the city.
This is a developing story.
Yonah Jeremy Bob and EHUD AMITON/TPS contributed to this report.
