Rafah

IDF Eliminates Hamas Rafah Brigade Chief in 18 Months

The IDF and Shin Bet confirmed on Sunday the elimination of Samir Mahmoud Hassan Abu Younes, commander of Hamas’s Rafah Brigade and a planner of the October 7 massacre, in an overnight drone strike in Al-Mawasi—making him the third commander of the brigade eliminated in 18 months after holding the post for barely two months.