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IDF strikes Gaza Strip, reportedly kills Hamas's Khan Yunis brigade commander
The Jerusalem Post • • world
Key Points:
- An Israeli Air Force strike overnight Thursday in Khan Yunis killed Muhammad Yazouri, commander of Hamas’s Khan Yunis Brigade, along with two other Hamas members, Hudheifa Muammar and Muhammad Bahjat Rashi.
- Yazouri had previously served as Deputy Commander of the Khan Yunis Brigade, Commander of the Combat Support Battalion, and Head of the Brigade’s Intelligence Department.
- The strike targeted a vehicle in the Hamad neighborhood, causing a fire in a residential apartment in Tower M, north of Khan Yunis.
- In a separate operation, Israeli security forces killed Hamas terrorist Farah Hamed, responsible for multiple deadly attacks since 2002, including a fatal shooting near Rimonim Junction.
- The IDF and Shin Bet also killed Moamen Jabr Al-Sayed Abu Labda, head of a Hamas sniper cell in the Rafah Brigade, who trained snipers to target Israeli civilians and troops along the Gaza border.
