Hamas commander killed
Israel’s army advances against terrorist commandos in Gaza
November 3rd, 2023, 10:01 a.m
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The Israeli military says it is encircling the city of Gaza. There are still violent clashes with Hamas. A leading commander of the terrorist group is said to have been killed in an air strike.
The Israeli military (IDF) says it has killed several terrorists in fierce night-time fighting in the Gaza Strip. Soldiers from the 13th Battalion of the Golani Brigade and armored troops from the 53rd Battalion fought against a number of terrorist squads during the night, the Israeli military announced on Telegram.
The soldiers fought a long battle under heavy fire, it was said, without any information about the location of the fighting. The terrorists fired anti-tank missiles, detonated explosives and tried to climb onto Israeli soldiers’ vehicles. They were killed in the process.
At the same time, the emergency services launched air strikes with combat aircraft and artillery, it said. The terrorists were killed and the danger to the troops was averted. “The result was that they (the terrorists) were killed and we continue our operation. Until victory,” the army continued. On the Israeli side, four soldiers died in battles with Hamas as the ground operation expanded. The evening before, military spokesman Daniel Hagari said that Gaza City was surrounded by Israeli troops.
According to Israeli reports, the commander of Hamas’ Sabra-Tel al-Hawa battalion, Mustafa Dalloul, was also killed in one of the night air strikes. Dalloul played “a key role in leading the fighting against IDF forces in the Gaza Strip.” In addition, Israeli units seized assault rifles, submachine guns, grenades, explosive devices, rocket-propelled grenades and ammunition, as well as maps and communications equipment during searches in Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip.
Hamas launched a large-scale attack on Israel on October 7th, in which, according to Israeli figures, around 1,400 people were killed, mostly civilians. More than 240 people were kidnapped from Israel to the Gaza Strip by Hamas fighters. According to Hamas statements that cannot be independently verified, Israel’s counterattacks in the Gaza Strip killed several thousand people.