IDF and Shin Bet: Four Hamas Operatives Killed This Week in Rafah and Khan Younis

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The IDF and the Shin Bet killed four Hamas operatives in two airstrikes in the southern Gaza Strip. According to the IDF, the operatives were advancing terror plots against IDF troops and Israeli civilians and were working to restore the organization's capabilities, in violation of the ceasefire.

In a strike carried out on Wednesday in the Khan Younis area, Mohammed Alian Biyuk, a Nukhba operative in Hamas's military wing, was killed. In another strike that day in the Rafah area, three operatives were killed, including a Hamas commander.

According to Arutz Sheva, a commander in the organization was among those killed in the additional strike. According to Israel Hayom, three operatives, including the commander, were killed in the Rafah strike, and according to Srugim, four operatives were killed in two separate strikes.