Two men who helped to ship more than £100 million to Hamas were killed in targeted strikes in Gaza last week, the IDF has said.
Per the military, Hussin Qadara and Muhammad Farad were terrorists in the organisation’s military wing and General Security Service.
Under Hamas’s direction, Qadara, described as “head of the infrastructure”, with Farra and others allegedly “facilitated the transfer of more than half a billion Israeli shekels to the military wing of Hamas” while running a network of dozens of couriers and money changers in Turkey and the Gaza Strip.
Hamas used the funds, particularly in recent months, “to pay salaries to its terrorists and to fund terrorist activity against IDF forces and civilians of the State of Israel, in violation of the ceasefire agreement,” the IDF added.
סייעו בהעברה של יותר מחצי מיליארד ש״ח לידי חמאס: צה"ל חיסל מחבלים בתשתית העברת הכספים של ארגון הטרור חמאס ברצועת עזה
— צבא ההגנה לישראל (@idfonline) June 21, 2026
צה"ל תקף במהלך השבוע שעבר בדרום רצועת עזה וחיסל את המחבלים חסין קדרה ומחמד פרא - מחבלים בזרוע הצבאית של ארגון הטרור חמאס והגא״פ.
המחבלים פעלו תחת תשתית המופעלת… pic.twitter.com/Blbzhx6Iix
A ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas came into effect in October, but the IDF has continued to mount selective operations against operatives of the militant Islamist group who threaten its troops.
“IDF forces under Southern Command are deployed in the area in accordance with the agreement and will continue to operate to remove any threat,” the IDF said.
Meanwhile, on Saturday, an Al-Jazeera photojournalist, Ahmed Samir Muhammad Washah, was killed along with another Palestinian by an IDF strike on Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza.
According to the IDF, Washah had been acting as “a Hamas sniper operative”.
But Al Jazeera described the claim as “baseless” and condemned his killing as a “heinous crime”.
In an X post, the IDF said: “In recent months, he advanced sniper attack plans and worked alongside his brother, Muhammad Samir Muhammad Washah, a key terrorist in Hamas' rocket and weapons production headquarters, who also operated under the guise of an Al Jazeera journalist and was eliminated in April.”
🔴AL JAZEERA JOURNALIST EXPOSED: Ahmed Samir Muhammad Washah, who served as an Al Jazeera photojournalist, was simultaneously a Hamas sniper operative and eliminated in a precise strike in central Gaza.
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) June 20, 2026
In recent months, he advanced sniper attack plans and worked alongside his…
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