IDF kills Hamas intel. official in Bureij Battalion
The terrorist, Sim Mahmoud Yusuf Abu Alkhir, was involved in executing attacks against Israeli soldiers.
The Israel Air Force killed Hamas’s military intelligence deputy head from its Bureij Battalion in the northern Gaza Strip, the military said Friday afternoon.
The terrorist, Sim Mahmoud Yusuf Abu Alkhir, was involved in executing attacks against Israeli soldiers, the military added. He was killed after Israeli troops directed the IAF aircraft to his position.
Ten terrorists in Gaza have been killed since Thursday. The IDF also located weapons and destroyed infrastructure that Hamas was using.
Gaza City incursion continues
The military is continuing to expand its takeover of Gaza City. Over 20 buildings used as terror infrastructure have been dismantled, including observation posts.
Displaced Palestinians, fleeing northern Gaza due to an Israeli military operation, move southward after Israeli forces ordered residents of Gaza City to evacuate to the south, in the central Gaza Strip, September 17, 2025. (credit: REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa)
Hamas threatened on Thursday that it wouldn’t return any of the hostages, dead or alive.
“Your prisoners are distributed within the neighborhoods of Gaza City, and we will have no concern for their lives as long as Netanyahu has decided to kill them,” CNN quoted the terrorist organization as saying.
An Israeli security source told Walla that civilians evacuating their homes rather than being killed in the war is putting pressure on the terrorist organization to return to negotiations for a hostage and ceasefire deal.
Amichai Stein and Liran Haroni contributed to this report.
