Senior Hamas intelligence officer killed in Israeli airstrike in central Gaza

• Published date: 18 April 2024
• Author: JERUSALEM POST STAFF
• Publication title: Jerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)

The terrorist killed, Yussef Rafik Ahmed Shabat, served as a security officer in the military intelligence wing of Hamas's Beit Hanoun Battalion

Shabat was responsible for investigations in Hamas's Beit Hanoun Internal Security Department, the military added.

IDF troops, along with the help of the Shin Bet from the Fire Unit 215, targeted ten terrorists using vehicle-mounted aircraft. The attack was carried out after gathering precise intelligence.

Israel Air Force fighter jets, in coordination with the Southern Command's Fire Center, targeted yesterday a rocket launcher in the Rimaleh neighborhood area, from which several launches were directed towards forces of Brigade 162 operating in the area.

Footage of IDF strikes in the...