Israeli army announces targeting two operatives and killing two commanders in Hamas and Islamic Jihad in Gaza

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1. 25 Oct 2026, 10:39 The Israeli army announced in a brief statement that it targeted two individuals it said had transferred millions of shekels to the military wing of Hamas, and that it destroyed a weapons warehouse in central Gaza, without providing details on the two individuals’ identities or the timing of the two operations.
2. 25 Oct 2026, 10:46 Israel announced, according to what the ‘Lebanon Debate’ page reported, that it targeted two individuals in the Gaza Strip as part of what was described as a money network, and published a video documenting the operation, without details on the two individuals’ identities, the exact time and place of the targeting, or their affiliation.
3. 25 Oct 2026, 10:55 The Israeli army spokesman announced, according to the Hebrew newspaper Ma'ariv, that the army killed Alaa Ibrahim Nimr Irshi, a group commander in Hamas’s military wing, in Gaza City last Wednesday, and Karim Riad Hassan Abu Bateihan from the Islamic Jihad movement in the Nuseirat area last Tuesday. He said the two men were involved in transferring millions of shekels from Iran and Turkey to the military wings of Hamas and Islamic Jihad.

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