The IDF eliminated three Hamas commanders in two separate strikes earlier this week, the military announced on Thursday.
The first strike, which occured on Monday, killed Islam Hisham Riyad Kanita and Mahmoud Hamed Youssef Hamdouna, both commanders in Hamas’s Production Unit, the IDF said.
The terrorists were actively involved in efforts to rebuild the organization’s military capabilities, including during the ceasefire, said the IDF.
The IDF noted that multiple measures were taken to mitigate the risk of harm to civilians prior to the strike, including the use of precise munitions and aerial surveillance.
The second strike killed Ahmed Abu Khdeira, a commander in Hamas’s Communications Unit in the Gaza City area on Tuesday, the military said.
Abu Khdeira was involved in advancing imminent attack plans against IDF troops and thus posed a direct threat to soldiers, said the military.
IDF kills two terrorists who crossed Yellow Line
Earlier on Thursday, the IDF announced that it had eliminated two terrorists who had crossed the Yellow Line in the northern Gaza Strip.
The terrorists were targeted in an Israel Air Force strike guided by IDF soldiers after the terrorists had approached the troops "in a manner that posed an immediate threat," the military said.