GAZA CITY, Palestine
The Commander of the Hamas-led
National Security Forces in Gaza Jehad Mheisen was killed by an Israeli
airstrike, according to Palestinian reports on Thursday.Commander of Hamas's National Security Forces in Gaza Jihad Muhaizen
Mheisen was killed along with
his family members in the attack on his home in the neighborhood of Sheikh
Radwan in Gaza City.The IDF has not confirmed his death.
Additionally, IDF forces
killed Jamila Abdallah Taha al-Shanti, a member of the Palestinian Legislative
Council and the first woman in the political bureau of Hamas, according to
Hamas radio, Israeli media reported Thursday.
Shanti, 68, was a founder of
Hamas's women's movement and was married to Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi, a Hamas
founder and leader, whom the Israeli Air Force killed by Hellfire missile in
April 2004.
Since the beginning of Israel's war against Hamas, following the terror organization's October 7 attacks, Israeli security forces, and in particular the Israeli Air Force, have targeted Hamas leaders for elimination.
The IDF successfully targeted
Osama al-Mazini, a senior member of Hamas's political bureau and the head
of Hamas's Shura Council, on Monday.
The terrorist organization's
national security commander of Gaza's southern district was also killed in a
targeted attack on Sunday evening, and the IDF announced on Monday afternoon
that it had successfully assassinated its head of General Intelligence in Khan
Yunis.
An Israeli airstrike on
Tuesday afternoon killed its Central Gaza Brigade head, Hamas admitted, and up
to 14 members of the family of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, including his
brother and nephew were also killed in an airstrike on Tuesday.
The strategic targeting of
Hamas leaders, government and military installations is part of Israel's response
to the devastating attacks that saw Hamas terrorists infiltrate southern
Israel, attacking border communities and IDF bases, killing over 1,400 Israelis, and kidnapping some 200
others and taking them hostage in Gaza.
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