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Israeli Forces Reportedly Eliminate Hamas 'Nukhba’ Force Commander by Airstrike

© AP Photo / Ariel SchalitIsraeli tanks head towards the Gaza Strip border in southern Israel
Israeli tanks head towards the Gaza Strip border in southern Israel - Sputnik International, 1920, 15.10.2023
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The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have announced on their Telegram channel that they have successfully eradicated yet another high-ranking Hamas commander, further escalating their countermeasures against the Palestinian movement.
"The IDF, in cooperation with the General Security Service, eliminated the commander of the 'Nukhba' special forces unit, responsible for the massacre at Kibbutz Nirim, in the southern city of Khan Yunis," read a joint statement from the army and the General Security Service.
The statement specified that Bilal al-Kadra was eliminated in an operation involving fighter jets. Several Hamas and Islamic Jihad members were also killed in the strike.
The press office added that the IDF carried out strikes on operational command centers, military installations, anti-tank missile launching sites and Hamas observation posts in Zeitoun, Jabalia and Khan Yunis, as well as Islamic Jihad operational command centers.
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