The IDF said it targeted Hamas terrorists in separate air strikes yesterday that, according to Palestinian media, killed at least 10 people in Gaza.
The first, in Nuseirat, central Gaza, targeted a Hamas company commander who took part in the October 7 attacks, it said.
A second attack, shortly afterwards, hit a Hamas police headquarters in Gaza City’s Tuffah area, where it said several operatives were planning to carry out attacks on Israeli troops.
“At the time of the strike, at least four terrorists from the military wing of the Hamas terror group and a terrorist from the Popular Resistance Committees terror organisation were present,” said the IDF.
The previous day (Tuesday) the IDF also targeted Hamas commanders in a strike on a café in Gaza City’s port area, killing at least six people, and wounding up to 14, according to Gaza health officials. Unconfirmed sources in Israel say four commanders were hit.
The attacks fit into a broader pattern of intensified targeted assassinations in Gaza over recent weeks.
Israeli forces have continued strikes despite the US-backed ceasefire that has been in place since October.
Jerusalem has insisted that the truce agreement still allows for targeted assassinations of terrorists and has argued that Hamas has violated the ceasefire on multiple occasions.
Hamas, meanwhile, has called on Washington and the Board of Peace, which was set up by President Trump to administer the peace process, to compel Israel to accept the terms of the Board’s latest peace plan.
The proposal would see the terror group undertake a phased disarmament process, each phase of which would be tied to a corresponding level of IDF withdrawal from the Strip.
However, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has rejected the deal, saying that there will be no military withdrawal until Hamas is entirely disarmed and the territory demilitarised.
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