Killed: Samir Mahmoud Abu Younes, commander of the Rafah Brigade of the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades of Hamas and a member of the military council of the al-Qassam Brigades.
Abu Yunus was involved in the planning and supervision of the October 7 massacre.
He is the third Rafih Brigade commander to be eliminated since the massacre on 7/10, following Muhammad Shabana (eliminated in May 2025) and Nael Abu Obeid (eliminated in September 2026).
The IDF will continue to hunt down and hold accountable every terrorist who participated in the October 7 attack.