IDF raids office of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar’s brother

The IDF’s 7th Armored Brigade raided an office belonging to Muhammad Sinwar, the brother of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, and confiscated terrorist equipment and Hamas pamphlets, the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit said Friday.

The 7th Armored Brigade also raided a military post and training camp belonging to Hamas in the middle of a civilian area in Gaza, finding dozens of weapons, missiles, drones, maps, communication devices, mortars, and technological devices.

While working to take over the Hamas position, the 7th Armored Brigade eliminated about 30 terrorists.

The brigade also raided a military post belonging to Hamas’s “Sabra” Battalion, where they found anti-aircraft rocket activation and calibration systems. The systems were located near a rocket launcher directed toward Israel.

Drones, weapons, a loaded rocket launcher, technological devices, electronic components, and many intelligence documents used by Hamas were found at the post as well.

IDF eliminates Hamas terrorists involved in October 7 massacre

The IDF Spokesperson’s Unit also announced earlier that the IDF has killed several commanders and terrorists from Hamas’s Nukhba unit, which was central in the October 7 massacre.

The commanders included Ahmed Musa, the commander of the Nukhba Company and Omar el-Handi, a platoon commander who was entrenched in western Jabalya.

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Musa was one of the commanders of the raids that targeted the Zikim base, Kibbutz Zikim, and the Yiftah outpost. Musa also led assaults on IDF soldiers in the west Jabalya region.

Muhammad Kahlot, the head of Hamas’s sniper unit in the northern brigade, was also taken out by the IDF with the help of intelligence from the Shin Bet and Intelligence Directorate.

Additionally, 19 Hamas terrorists who were preparing to attack Israeli forces were struck by reserve forces from the 252nd Division overnight.

Rocket launchers found near residential areas

The 401st Brigade found and destroyed a container containing about 20 rocket launchers on the beach in Gaza and during an assault by the forces of the Paratroopers Brigade in the Sheikh Ijlin neighborhood of Gaza, soldiers uncovered a rocket launcher near residential buildings. All the weapons found were destroyed or confiscated.

Overnight, Palestinian media reported armed clashes between Palestinian terrorists and Israeli forces in areas near the Shifa Hospital, where the IDF says Hamas has a central underground headquarters.

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