Israeli forces struck a series of terror targets across the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, eliminating several terrorists in the military wing of Hamas as well as an anti-tank terrorist from ‘Palestinian’ Islamic Jihad (PIJ). On Saturday, a precision strike was conducted against a gathering of Hamas Nukhba terrorists in Gaza City. In this aerial strike, forces eliminated terrorists Mu’adh Mazen Hamza Hassouna and Muhammad Riad Khader Arheem, both Hamas Nukhba terrorists who took an active part in terror activities within Hamas’s military wing.
In an additional targeted strike carried out earlier in the Daraj Tuffah area of northern Gaza, forces eliminated Muhammad Walid Saadi Nakhala from the air. Nakhala served as an anti-tank terrorist in the military wing of the ‘PIJ’ terror organization.
The IDF stressed that the targeted terrorists had recently advanced various terror schemes against IDF forces and Israeli civilians. Furthermore, they worked intensively to rehabilitate the terror capabilities of Hamas, all while systematically violating the ceasefire. The terrorists were neutralized from the air to remove the immediate threat they posed. Before the strikes, strict mitigation measures were implemented to minimize harm to non-combatants, including deploying precision-guided munitions and conducting persistent aerial surveillance.