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| IDF says Hamas operative behind Gaza war’s deadliest attack on troops killed in strike, 4 more Hamas tunnels demolished |
| 2026-04-15 |
| [IsraelTimes] A Hamas operative who participated in the deadliest attack on Israeli troops during the IDF’s ground offensive in the Gaza Strip was killed in a strike last week, the military announces. The strike last Monday had targeted several armed Hamas members who the military says approached the Yellow Line and planned an “imminent” attack on troops stationed in central Gaza. “The terrorists posed a real threat to IDF troops and were therefore targeted in precise strikes,” the military says. The IDF says it can now confirm that among those killed was Yousef Ibrahim Mahmoud Beshiti, a Hamas operative part of a cell that launched an attack on troops on January 22, 2024, in an incident that left 21 soldiers dead. The Hamas operatives fired RPGs at the troops, hitting a tank and setting off mines that were rigged to demolish two buildings. It was the deadliest incident during the IDF’s ground offensive in Gaza. In addition, the IDF says the strike killed at least six other Hamas operatives, including a member of the terror group’s elite Nukhba Force, a cell commander, and a Hamas police officer. 4 Hamas tunnels demolished by troops in Gaza over the weekend, says IDF [IsraelTimes] The IDF says combat engineers demolished four Hamas tunnels in the Israeli-controlled portion of the Gaza Strip over the weekend. The tunnels on the eastern, Israeli-held side of the Yellow Line in total spanned some 800 meters, the IDF says. The military says the tunnels contained rooms where Hamas operatives would reside, along with mines and other explosive material used by Hamas to build bombs. Hamas says [IsraelTimes] The Hamas-run Interior Ministry says a police officer was killed, along with three civilians — including a child — in an IDF strike today on a police vehicle in Gaza City. According to the Hamas statement, nine other people were wounded in the attack. The IDF has not yet commented. IDF says it killed several terror operatives in Gaza Strip in separate incidents [IsraelTimes] The IDF says it killed several terror operatives in the Gaza Strip in separate incidents today and yesterday, Earlier today, troops of the Gaza Division’s Northern Brigade spotted a “terrorist near the Yellow Line who approached forces operating in the northern Gaza Strip and posed a threat to them,” the military says. Yesterday, troops of the Gaza Division spotted several armed Hamas operatives in the Strip’s center, according to the IDF. “In both incidents, immediately after identification, IDF forces struck and eliminated the terrorists to remove the threat,” the IDF says. Related: Yellow Line: 2026-04-13 IDF says Hamas terrorists who abducted, held hostages were killed in Gaza strike Yellow Line: 2026-04-12 Several Gazans said killed in IDF strikes; soldier seriously hurt in operational accident Yellow Line: 2026-04-08 Minus 30 tanks: Northern Israel in panic due to Hezbollah's successes |
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