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2026-08-19 Israel-Palestine-Jordan
IDF says it hit meeting of elite Hamas commanders near Gaza port; six reported dead
[IsraelTimes] Military says targets included Nukhba Force company commander, three platoon commanders and several other terror operatives; Hamas-run civil defense says a minor among the dead

The Israel Defense Forces on Tuesday struck what it said was a meeting of Hamas
..not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,...
commanders and elite operatives in 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...
City, in an attack that the Hamas-run civil defense agency killed six and maimed 14.

The military said the strike, near the city’s port, targeted commanders and members of Hamas’s Nukhba Force, which led the October 7, 2023, invasion of Israel that started the war in Gaza.

One of the forces of Evil targeted on Tuesday had himself invaded Israel during the onslaught, according to the IDF.

The military said the targets included a Nukhba company commander, three platoon commanders and several other terror operatives who were planning attacks against Israeli troops operating in the Strip.

The results of the strike would be released once they were verified, the IDF said.

Mahmoud Bassal, a spokesperson for Gaza’s civil defense agency, which operates under Hamas authority, told AFP that at least six were killed, "including a child, and a large number were maimed, as a result of an Israeli raid on tents of displaced people in Gaza port."

Shifa Hospital in Gaza City said it had received five bodies and 13 injured, one of whom died later in the evening.

Eyewitness Mohammed Alghoul told AFP: "Israeli warplanes fired two missiles at the ’Sweet and Bitter’ cafe on the fishermen’s port west of Gaza City."

IDF says it killed PIJ hostage-taker

[IsraelTimes] Meanwhile, the Israeli military announced Tuesday that a strike in the southern Gaza Strip earlier this week killed a Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist who invaded Israel during the October 7, 2023, onslaught and abducted an Israeli hostage.

The strike in Khan Younis on Sunday killed Tareq Anwar Khamis Ra’i, identified by the army as a company commander in Islamic Jihad’s supply unit.

On October 7, Ra’i invaded Kibbutz Be’eri “and took part in the abduction of an Israeli civilian,” the IDF said, without detailing who the hostage was.

The military justified the strike amid the ceasefire by saying that Ra’i had recently been advancing attacks on troops and civilians.

He was “eliminated to remove a threat,” the IDF added, though the army has acknowledged that it is engaged in a campaign to kill all those who took part in the October 7 attacks. # id) ?>
Posted by trailing wife 2026-08-19 2026-08-19 01:13|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [276 views ]  Top
 File under: Hamas 

1 I was kinda disappointed they didn't hit Kushner's meeting with Hamas’s political chief, Khalil al-Hayya Sunday.
Posted by Skidmark 2026-08-19 02:14||   2026-08-19 02:14|| Front Page Top

2 Hamas-run civil defense says a minor among the dead

Don't bring your kids to work!
Posted by Grom the Reflective 2026-08-19 02:23||   2026-08-19 02:23|| Front Page Top

3 Dancing boy?
Posted by Frank G 2026-08-19 06:16||   2026-08-19 06:16|| Front Page Top

4 ^That's Afghans.
Posted by Grom the Reflective 2026-08-19 07:46||   2026-08-19 07:46|| Front Page Top

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Posted by Frank G 2026-08-19 08:13||   2026-08-19 08:13|| Front Page Top

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