Israeli warplanes killed in the last hours the head of the group’s air command Palestinian Islamist Hamas, Asem Abu Rakaba, who took part in the attack planning on October 7 against Israel, and at naval group commander of the so-called Gaza City Brigade.
The Defense Forces and the Israel Security Agency reported this Saturday in a joint statement of the death of Abu Rakaba, without specifying the place where he died. The note explains that Abu Rakaba was responsible for Hamas’ drones, paragliders and air defense. In addition planned the October 7 attack happened against the Israeli communities near Gaza, which left 1,400 dead, some 5,000 injured and more than 200 hostages who were taken to Gaza.
“He ordered the terrorists to They will infiltrate Israel with paragliders and was responsible for drone attacks against Israeli Defense Forces posts,” the statement said.
For his part, Abu Tzahiban “planned and commanded the naval infiltration attempt carried out on October 24, which was thwarted by Israeli maritime forces.” The Army was referring to last Tuesday’s operation in which it intercepted a cell of Hamas divers seeking to infiltrate Israel by sea to reach the Kibbutz Zikim area, very close to the Gaza Strip.
Bombing against “Hamas terrorists”
Since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas, which began with the attack on Israeli soil by the Islamists on October 7, the Army has killed several leaders of Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip.
Two days ago killed “number two” in a bombings” of the group’s Intelligence Directorate, Shadi Barud, whom Israel considered the intellectual co-author of the attacks against its territory.
Last night, Israeli Army spokesman Daniel Hagari announced that his forces were going to expand ground operations in the Gaza Strip starting yesterday, in parallel with the bombings on the enclave, which have left more than 7,300 dead.
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In another statement, the Israel Defense Forces said this Saturday that they have “hit” about 150 underground targets in northern de the Gaza Strip, such as tunnels and underground combat posts.
He added that “several” Hamas members have been killed by those airstrikes.