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IDF Kills Nukhba Commander, Three Other Terrorists in Gaza

Asaf Nissan

By: C14 Desk

Editor: Asaf Nissan

15 Marcheshvan 5787 (26.10.26)

The IDF Spokesperson cleared for publication on Monday that Israeli forces eliminated four key terrorists belonging to the Hamas and 'Palestinian' Islamic Jihad terror organizations in targeted precision airstrikes across the Gaza Strip. The operations—conducted across northern, central, and southern Gaza—neutralized two Islamic Jihad military wing operatives, an active Hamas sniper, and a Nukhba commando cell commander who were actively working to rebuild operational capabilities and plan attacks against Israeli troops and civilians in systematic violation of the ceasefire.


The IDF Spokesperson’s Unit cleared for publication on Monday that Israeli security forces carried out a series of pinpoint aerial strikes across the Gaza Strip,

eliminating four terrorists belonging to the Hamas and ‘Palestinian’ Islamic Jihad terror organizations.

The strikes were executed across northern, central,

and southern sectors of the enclave to disrupt evolving terrorist plots directed against IDF ground forces and Israeli civilian communities.

Video: IDF Spokesperson’s Unit

According to military statements, three of the terrorists were targeted and eliminated during coordinated operations on Sunday. Among them were Alaa Abu Zaid and Hamdan Suleiman Ibrahim Abu Amra, both active terrorists serving within the military wing of ‘Palestinian’ Islamic Jihad. The third terrorist eliminated Sunday was identified as Fawzi Salam Odeh Allah Sawarka,

a sniper operating within Hamas’s military wing who was actively directing and advancing precision sniper ambushes against Israeli troops operating in the sector.

The strikes followed an earlier targeted aerial operation on Saturday in the northern Gaza Strip that eliminated Muhammad Anan Muhammad Al-Rawaq,

who served as a Nukhba commando terrorist in Hamas’s military wing.

Defense officials emphasized that all four eliminated operatives were actively engaged in projects aimed at restoring the fractured combat infrastructure and operational arsenals of their respective terror organizations,

acting in direct, systematic violation of the ceasefire understandings.

In parallel with the targeted killings,

IDF combat units operating in the northern Gaza Strip identified an active military structure that was being utilized by terror elements as an elevated sniper firing position,

presenting an immediate tactical threat to forces deployed in the area. Moments after positive visual identification was established, an Israeli Air Force aircraft launched a precision-guided munition, destroying the building. The military concluded that operational forces stationed across the theater will continue to act decisively to preemptively detect, target, and dismantle emerging threats to Israeli security.