The IDF reported that it killed the commander of the Khan Yunis Brigade, the armed wing of the Palestinian Hamas movement, as a result of the attack on the Nasser Medical Complex in the southern Gaza Strip.
"During a precise attack early Thursday (November 12), the IDF killed the commander of the Khan Yunis Brigade of Hamas, Muhammad Abu Ismail, as well as other terrorists who were hiding in the Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip," the source said.
According to the IDF, the individual "was involved in holding a large number of hostages." The radicals turned the hospital facilities "into their headquarters, using it to plan numerous attacks and restore operational capability," he added.