Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz, referring to the killing of Samir Abu Yunus, one of the senior commanders in the military wing of Hamas, in an Israeli airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip, wrote in X: "Israel continues to eliminate the leaders of Hamas in Gaza, and one more of them will join his predecessors in the depths of hell."
He emphasized: "The offensive policy that I am pursuing in Gaza together with the Prime Minister and the IDF will continue until the denuclearization of Gaza and the destruction of Hamas."