IDF kills Hamas Khan Yunis Brigade commander in Gaza Strip air strike

The IDF announced on Friday that an overnight air strike in Khan Yunis killed Muhammad Yazouri, the commander of Hamas's Khan Yunis Brigade. Yazouri had previously served as Deputy Commander, Commander of the Combat Support Battalion, and Head of the Brigade's Intelligence Department. The strike, which targeted a vehicle in the Hamad neighborhood, also killed Hudheifa Muammar, a company commander, and Muhammad Bahjat Rashi, another Hamas terrorist.

• Separately, on Thursday, Israeli security forces eliminated Farah Hamed in a strike in the central Gaza Strip. Hamed was responsible for a 2002 shooting that killed Israeli civilian Esther Galia Atiya and later directed terrorism in the West Bank.
• Also on Thursday, the IDF and Shin Bet killed Moamen Jabr Al-Sayed Abu Labda, the head of a sniper cell in Hamas' Rafah Brigade. Al-Sayed “carried out sniper training across the Gaza Strip” and was attempting to reconstruct Hamas's capabilities, violating the ceasefire.