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Israeli army announces a series of assassinations of Hamas and Islamic Jihad members in the Gaza Strip

The Israeli army spokesperson announced, in successive statements, aerial assassinations targeting members and commanders of the military wings of Hamas and Islamic Jihad in various areas of the Gaza Strip. The spokesperson described the operations as removing threats, and accused those targeted of working to rebuild the two movements' capabilities and of violating the ceasefire. The strikes were distributed across Gaza City, the Sabra area, the Darj and Tuffah area, and Khan Younis in the south of the Strip.

📍 Where things stand: The latest development is the Israeli army's announcement on Friday evening that two members of Hamas's elite unit were killed in a strike on a meeting of theirs in Gaza City, and that a commander in Islamic Jihad's armored unit was killed in the Darj and Tuffah area of Gaza City.

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8 Oct 2026, 14:47 The Israeli army spokesperson announced that the army assassinated the day before yesterday in Gaza City Mutasim Muhammad Suleiman Salah, a member of the military wing of Hamas. The spokesperson claimed that Salah had recently been seeking to carry out military acts against Israeli army forces and Israeli citizens, and worked to rebuild Hamas's capabilities, describing this as a systematic violation of the ceasefire, noting that the targeting was carried out from the air to remove the threat he posed.
8 Oct 2026, 19:22 The Israeli army spokesperson announced that the army assassinated the day before yesterday, Tuesday, in the Sabra area Muhammad Fawzi Muhammad Awad al-Jamal, a member of the Darj and Tuffah battalion in the military wing of Hamas. The spokesperson said that al-Jamal was seeking to carry out military acts against Israeli army forces and Israeli citizens, and worked to rebuild Hamas's capabilities in violation of the ceasefire, and was targeted from the air to remove the threat he posed.
9 Oct 2026, 14:34 The Israeli army spokesperson announced, according to what Hebrew breaking-news sites reported, that the army assassinated yesterday, Thursday, three members of Islamic Jihad and Hamas in the Gaza Strip in airstrikes. The dead are Husam Walid Hassan Abu al-Atta, a commander in the rocket unit of Islamic Jihad's military wing, killed in Gaza City; Majdi Moin Yousef al-Ayoubi, a member of Islamic Jihad's military wing, killed in Gaza City; and Muhammad Warsh Agha, a company commander in the military wing.
10 Oct 2026, 18:54 The Israeli army spokesperson announced that the Israeli army and the Shin Bet assassinated Muhammad Shaluf, a company commander in the military wing of Islamic Jihad, in the Khan Younis area in the south of the Gaza Strip on Wednesday. They also assassinated Musa Atef Musa Abu Dan, a member of Hamas's elite unit, on Friday. The statement said the two were planning to carry out military operations against Israel and working to rebuild Hamas's capabilities, and that they violated the ceasefire.
10 Oct 2026, 20:08 The Israeli army spokesperson announced, according to what Hebrew Channel 7 reported, that the army carried out a strike during a meeting of members of the elite unit in Gaza City, in which a number of members of Hamas's military wing were killed, among them Moaz Mazen Hamza Hassouna and Muhammad Riad Khader Arhim. In another assassination operation in the Darj and Tuffah area of Gaza City, the army said it killed Muhammad Walid Saadi al-Nakhala, a commander in the armored unit of Islamic Jihad's military wing.