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Israeli attack in the Gaza Strip: senior Hamas commander dead
The Israeli army has killed a senior Hamas commander in the Gaza Strip. Samir Abu Yunis is said to have been one of the most important people in planning the attack on Israel on October 7, 2023
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Israeli attack in the Gaza Strip Senior Hamas commander killed As of: November 15, 2026 • 1:46 p.m
The Israeli army has killed a senior Hamas commander in the Gaza Strip. Samir Abu Yunis is said to have been one of the most important people in planning the attack on Israel on October 7, 2023. Hamas confirmed his death.
The Israeli army has killed a brigade commander from the Islamist terrorist organization Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The military said Samir Abu Yunis had been commander of the Hamas brigade in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip for just two months and was a key figure among senior Hamas members.
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The Israeli military and the domestic intelligence service Shin Bet spoke of an attack on a "senior terrorist from the military wing of Hamas." According to security sources, the attack took place in Al-Mawasi, west of Khan Yunis.
The killed commander worked, among other things, on the reconstruction of the terrorist organization and its brigade in Rafah, which suffered heavy losses during the war. The information could not be independently verified.
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Hamas confirmed the death. Samir Abu Yunis was the victim of a "cowardly murder mission," Hamas' military wing, the Essedin al-Kassam Brigades, said in the Telegram online service. Junis was therefore “one of the most important commanders in the planning and supervision” of the major Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023.
The spokesman for the Hamas-controlled Civil Defense, Mahmoud Bassal, told the AFP news agency that his agency had received the body of 53-year-old June. More people were injured in the Israeli attack.
Hamas and its allies attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, triggering the Gaza War. In their major attack, the Islamists killed more than 1,200 people and more than 250 others were kidnapped as hostages in the Gaza Strip.
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