Israel eliminates four more senior Hamas commanders as invasion expands

Israel announces elimination of four more senior Hamas commanders as invasion expands

The Israeli military eliminated four for senior Hamas commanders in undisclosed attacks on Sunday, IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari announced Monday.

Hagari provided the update on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, saying the four commanders included Jamil Baba, the commander of the naval force in the central camps; Muhammad Safadi, the commander of the anti-tank formation in the Tafah battalion; Muwaman Hegazi, A prominent operative of the anti-tank system in the Tafah battalion, and Muhammad Awadallah, who was a senior in the office of the Hamas production headquarters.

"The IDF forces, guided by accurate intelligence information from the Amman and the Shin Bet, eliminated operatives of the terrorist organization Hamas," Hagari wrote, using Hebrew.

The elimination announcement accompanied footage of Israeli tanks and troops expanding their operations in Gaza.

"IDF forces have been continuing their ground operations in the Gaza Strip for the past few hours," Hagari wrote. "In encounters with terrorists, IDF fighters, assisted by combat helicopters and remote manned aircraft directed by the forces, eliminated squads that tried to attack the forces. The fighters also destroyed terrorist infrastructure, including anti-tank positions and additional launch positions."