IDF spokesman:
The IDF eliminated a commander from organization Hamas who took part in holding many hostages captive.
The IDF killed Ihab Gamil Abu Taqiyya, a squad commander in the military wing of organization Hamas, in the Nuzirat area yesterday (Thursday).
Abu Takia was involved in holding many hostages at the beginning of the war, including Raya Rotem, Hila Rotem Shoshani, Emily Hand, Ohad Ben Ami, Noa Argamani, Andrei Kozlov, Shlomi Ziv, Almog Meir Jan, Maxim Harkin, Yosef Chaim Ohana, Segev Kalfon and the late Alexander Lubnov.
The attack also killed Ibrahim Gahad Muhammad Abu Ashiba, commander of a department in the military wing of organization Hamas.
Throughout the war, and especially in recent times, the terrorists promoted acts of terrorism against IDF forces and the citizens of the State of Israel and worked to restore the capabilities of organization Hamas, while systematically violating the ceasefire. The terrorists were eliminated from the air in order to remove the threat they posed.
IDF forces under the Southern Command are deployed in the area in accordance with the agreement and will continue to work to remove any threat.