The strike killed at least two other Hamas operatives, identified by the IDF as Hisham Ayman Atiya Mansour and Nassim Muhammad Suleiman Abu Sabha.
By IDF Club
The IDF killed a senior officer in Hamas’ naval force last week, an IDF spokesperson announced Sunday afternoon.
Last Monday, an Israeli warplane carried out an airstrike on Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip, at the direction of the Israeli navy and based on intelligence gathered by the IDF’s Military Intelligence Directorate.
The strike, an army spokesperson revealed, targeted and killed Ramzi Ramadan Abd Ali Salah, the commander of Hamas’ naval units in the northern Gaza Strip.
According to the Israeli military, Salah was “a central source of knowledge within the Hamas terrorist organization” and, in recent weeks, had been promoting and planning maritime terror activities against IDF forces operating in the Gaza Strip.
Salah was eliminated in Gaza City while inside a building with several other terrorists.
The strike killed at least two other Hamas operatives, identified by the IDF as Hisham Ayman Atiya Mansour and Nassim Muhammad Suleiman Abu Sabha.
Both Mansour and Abu Sabha were involved in mortar attacks on Israel, the IDF said.
The IDF said Mansour had served as deputy commander of a Hamas mortar force, while Abu Sabha was also involved in the mortar unit.
An Israeli army spokesperson emphasized that prior to the strike, steps were taken to reduce the likelihood of civilian casualties, including the use of precision-guided munitions, aerial surveillance, and additional intelligence information.
Hamas claimed the strike which killed the three was carried out on the Al-Baqa cafe, located in Gaza City’s seaside promenade.
The Hamas-run Gaza health ministry claimed 24 people were killed in the strike.
