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| Gaza: 4 of 6 people killed in Gaza cafe strike were Nukhba fighters, IDF seals 2 Hamas tunnels with concrete |
| 2026-08-20 |
| [IsraelTimes] Four commanders in Hamas’s elite Nukhba Force were killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza City yesterday, the military announces. Palestinian media reported that the strike on a cafe near the city’s port killed six — including a child — and wounded 14, including an elderly woman. The IDF says it was able to confirm that the strike killed four Nukhba Force commanders in Hamas’s Beit Lahia Battalion. They are named as: Muhammad Hamdi Ahmed al-Masri, a company commander; Samad Samir Harb Abu Jabal, a platoon commander who invaded Israel during the October 7 onslaught; Muhammad Attar, a platoon commander; and Muhammad Fathi Hussein Nasser, also a platoon commander. The military says the operatives were involved in advancing attacks on troops. “The commanders’ activities posed a threat to IDF troops, and they were therefore eliminated in an aerial strike to remove the threat,†the army adds. Army seals Hamas tunnels in central, southern Gaza [IsraelTimes] Two Hamas tunnels, spanning in total some two kilometers (1.2 miles) underground, were recently sealed by combat engineers, the IDF announces. The IDF says the tunnels were found in central and southern Gaza, amid efforts to clear the Israeli-held portion of the Strip of Hamas infrastructure. The army says it used concrete to close off the tunnels. Sealing tunnels with concrete can be a cheaper and less risky alternative to blowing them up, although it takes longer to carry out.
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