By EFE
Jun 20, 2024, 3:22 PM EDT
JERUSALEM – The Israeli Army claimed this Thursday to have killed a commander and sniper of Hamas’s elite Nukhba force, and who allegedly participated in the October 7 attack, in an airstrike in the Beit Hanoun area, northern Gaza .
In a video released by the Army, a man is seen walking on a rooftop for about six seconds, just when a projectile hits and everything billows with smoke.
The deceased subject has been identified as Ahmed Hassan Salame Alsauarka, and according to a military statement, “he infiltrated and carried out attacks against Israeli communities in southern Israel during the massacre of October 7.”
ELIMINATED: A Leading Hamas Sniper and Nukhba Forces Commander who Participated in the Oct. 7 Massacre
IAF aircraft conducted a precise and targeted strike to eliminate the Hamas terrorist Ahmed Hassan Salame Alsauarka in the area of Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza.
Alsauarka was… pic.twitter.com/OopAWl5HYl
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) June 20, 2024
“Alsauarka directed sniper activity in the Beit Hanoun area and participated in Hamas attacks against troops,” the text adds.
In addition, the Army said it would continue its presence and military activity both in the center of the enclave and in Rafah, south, with the elimination of mortar grenade launching posts, as well as militiamen attacked with missiles or in “hand-to-hand confrontations.” .
For their part, Palestinian sources reported this Thursday the death of at least two women, in addition to 12 other Palestinians injured, including children, in a missile attack against a house in the Al Hasayna area, west of the Nuseirat camp (center ).
In addition, according to the Palestinian agency Wafa, attacks also took place in Zeitun, southeast of the northern city of Gaza, on the eastern side of the Bureij and Al Maghazi refugee camps, in the center, and in the central and western areas. of the city of Rafah, with artillery bombardments and intense shootings.
According to yesterday’s figures from the Gazan Ministry of Health, controlled by Hamas, almost 37,400 Gazans have died, mostly women and children, and more than 85,500 have been wounded since the start of the war in October.
The Israeli Army, without providing evidence, estimates that some 15,000 Hamas militants have died in the conflict.
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