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Gaza: IDF and Shin Bet eliminate a cell commander from the terrorist Islamic Jihad movement
2026-09-16

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#BREAKING‼️ The IDF and Shin Bet eliminate a cell commander from the terrorist Islamic Jihad movement who infiltrated the Kisufim area during the October 7 massacre

⭕ The IDF and Shin Bet conducted an operation last weekend in Khan Younis in southern Gaza Strip, eliminating the terrorist Mohsen Farid Saeed Abu Hadaf, commander of a rocket-launching cell in the terrorist Islamic Jihad movement.

⭕ The terrorist infiltrated the Kisufim area during the October 7 massacre.

⭕ In recent months, the terrorist promoted terrorist plots against IDF forces and citizens of the State of Israel, in systematic violation of the ceasefire. The terrorist was eliminated to remove the threat he posed.

⭕ Prior to the raid, steps were taken to reduce the possibility of harming civilians, including the use of precise munitions and aerial surveillance.

⭕ IDF forces in the Southern Command are deployed in the field in accordance with the agreement and will continue to operate to remove any immediate threat.

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IDF and Shin Bet Eliminate Commander of Jabaliya Battalion Affiliated with the Terrorist Hamas Movement in Northern Gaza Strip

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#BREAKING‼️To Remove Immediate Threat: IDF and Shin Bet Eliminate Commander of Jabaliya Battalion Affiliated with the Terrorist Hamas Movement in Northern Gaza Strip

⭕️The IDF and Shin Bet struck last night (Monday) in northern Gaza Strip, eliminating the terrorist Ahmed Al-Batash, commander of the Jabaliya Battalion in the Northern Gaza Brigade of the military wing of the terrorist Hamas movement.

⭕️As part of his tasks, the terrorist worked to manage and organize the combat means of the Northern Gaza Brigade, and was involved in coordinating and promoting the supply of the movement's operatives with combat means and military equipment.

⭕️In recent period, the terrorist promoted terrorist plans against IDF forces and citizens of the State of Israel, and worked to rebuild the movement's capabilities, in systematic violation of the ceasefire. The terrorist was eliminated to remove the threat he posed.

⭕️Before the strike and during it, steps were taken to reduce civilian casualties as much as possible, including the use of precise munitions and aerial surveillance.

⭕️Security forces are deployed in the field in accordance with the agreement, and will continue to work to remove any threat.

IDF says Hamas Rafah Brigade chief, other terror commanders killed in Gaza strikes
[IsraelTimes] The military announced on Tuesday that several Hamas
..one of the armed feet of the Moslem Brüderbund millipede,...
commanders and a Paleostinian Islamic Jihad
...created after many members of the Egyptian Moslem Brotherhood decided the organization was becoming too moderate. Operations were conducted out of Egypt until 1981 when the group was exiled after the assassination of President Anwar Sadat. They worked out of Gaza until they were exiled to Lebanon in 1987, where they clove tightly to Hezbollah. In 1989 they moved to Damascus, where they remain a subsidiary of Hezbollah...
terrorist who invaded Israel on October 7, 2023, were killed in recent strikes in the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
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The Israel Defense Forces and Shin Bet confirmed late Tuesday that Nael Abu Obeid, who commanded Hamas’s Rafah Brigade and headed its operations division, was among those killed, describing him as "central figure" in the terror group.

In the past two weeks alone, some 25 terror operatives were killed in Israeli strikes in the Strip, including at least 10 commanders in Hamas’s elite Nukhba Force, according to the military.
According to a joint IDF and Shin Bet statement, Abu Obeid took over the role of Rafah Brigade commander following the killing of the brigade’s previous chief, Muhammad Shabana, on May 13, 2025, in a strike that also killed Hamas leader Mohammad Sinwar. As Rafah Brigade chief, the military said, Abu Obeid worked to rebuild Hamas’s capabilities and advance attacks on Israel.

The IDF and Shin Bet did not specify where Abu Obeid was targeted on Tuesday. Paleostinian media outlets affiliated with Hamas, reported that two people, including an 8-year-old girl, were killed and 14 others maimed in a strike in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis.

"No terrorist is immune and Hamas won’t be in Gaza," said both Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz.

The IDF had earlier told The Times of Israel that a Tuesday strike on Gaza City’s Sheikh Radwan neighborhood targeted a terror operative in the area, and said further details would be provided later.

Paleostinian media in the Strip reported that two were killed in the strike, including a child identified as Muhammad al-Zinati; his age was not specified.

The reports said that seven others were maimed in the strike.

Witnesses said additional casualties resulted from a second strike that hit near a group of people who rushed to help in the rescue. An unverified video published by Paleostinian media showed a missile exploding near at least five men.

The IDF also announced Tuesday that it had killed two senior Hamas commanders in strikes the day before, as well as a member of the terror group’s weapons production unit. One of the commanders was identified as Ahmad al-Batash. The other senior Hamas commander was identified by the IDF as Rafat Abu Zamar, a company commander in the terror group’s operations division. According to the army, Abu Zamar led training for snuffies ahead of the October 7 onslaught, and recently was involved in training operatives and developing Hamas’s capabilities.

A separate strike in Gaza City on Monday killed Muhammad Khader Fahmi Aghour, identified by the IDF as a member of Hamas involved in the production of weapons. The military said the strikes on Abu Zamar and Aghour were carried out after both were involved in advancing attacks and restoring Hamas capabilities "in systematic violation of the ceasefire."

On Thursday, an Israeli strike killed Muhammad Abdul Salam al-Yazouri, the commander of Hamas’s Khan Younis Brigade.

In the past two weeks alone, some 25 terror operatives were killed in Israeli strikes in the Strip, including at least 10 commanders in Hamas’s elite Nukhba Force, according to the military.

Paleostinians held public funerals for Batash and Abu Zamar on Tuesday, with footage showing Batash’s body wrapped in a Hamas flag inside Gaza City’s Al Shifa Hospital, as an M16 assault rifle was placed on top of his body.

The Gaza war began on October 7, 2023, when Hamas-led snuffies invaded southern Israel, killing some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking 251 people hostage.

The ensuing war between Israel and Hamas has killed over 73,400 people in Gaza, including more than 1,330 since the October 2025 ceasefire, according to the Hamas-run health ministry in the enclave, which does not differentiate between combatants and civilians.

The Israeli military says it has killed over 24,000 combatants in Gaza and another 1,200 snuffies inside Israel during the October 7 onslaught. It believes that Hamas’s overall toll is largely accurate, with IDF officials estimating that two to three non-combatants were killed for every dead terror operative.

Gaza remains bisected into Israeli- and Hamas-controlled areas, and talks to bring about Hamas’s disarmament and the territory’s reconstruction have made only limited progress.
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