The Israeli military has announced that the commander of the Rafah Brigade of Hamas’s military wing, Samir Mahmoud Hassan Abu Yunis, was killed in an airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip.
Globalinfo.az reports that this was stated in a joint statement by the Israel Defense Forces and the General Security Service.
According to the information, Abu Yunis took command of the brigade after the previous commander, Nael Abu Obeid, was killed on September 15, and remained in the post for about two months. Before that, he was deputy commander of the Rafah Brigade and head of the Tal al-Sultan battalion.
Israel accuses Abu Yunis of involvement in organising attacks on Israeli citizens and soldiers. It was reported that he was also engaged in restoring the military potential of the Rafah Brigade, weakened as a result of the fighting, and of Hamas as a whole.
Safura Bannayeva
Globalinfo.az
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