The Israeli Army communicated this Monday that it has "eliminated" in a bombing in the Gaza Strip a commander of the Nujba, the special forces unit of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), who "infiltrated" Israeli territory during the Nova festival on October 7, 2023.
According to the military institution, in a statement disseminated on social networks, "The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) attacked yesterday (Sunday) in the area of Khan Younis, in the south of the Gaza Strip, the commander of the Nujba Division, belonging to the military wing of the terrorist organization Hamas".
The military command added that, during the course of the war, "the terrorist promoted terrorist plots against the IDF forces operating in the Gaza Strip", emphasizing that, in the opinion of the Israeli Army, these actions posed an "immediate threat" to the deployed units.
In the same vein, the spokesperson for the Southern Command of the IDF indicated that its forces remain positioned in the area with the aim of "continuing to act to eliminate any immediate threat" against its troops.