Israel-Gaza war | Hamas’ intelligence chief neutralised as IDF intensifies ‘Operation Iron Swords’
Oct 17, 2023
Tel Aviv (Israel), October 17 (ANI): Israel's high-scale retaliation turned out to be a nightmare for Hamas terrorists as ‘Operation Iron Swords’ intensified. Israel Air Force continues to destroy Hamas' major targets along with military infrastructure. In a major blow to Hamas, Israel Defense Forces neutralised another senior member of the terrorist group. IDF killed the regional head of Hamas’ intelligence in Southern Gaza of Khan Younis, reported The Times of Israel. However, the details of the strike including the name of the senior member was not released. Prior to this, Israeli Air Force neutralised the National Security’s Commander of Hamas, Muetaz Eid on Oct 15. The IDF later on Oct 16 also released a list of the eliminated Hamas Terrorist on its official ‘X’ handle. So far, Israeli Air Force's fighter jets demolished over 250 military targets in the Gaza Strip. Israeli forces have attacked the Gaza Strip and military infrastructure as part of their high-scale retaliation. Notably, as per Gaza Health Ministry, 2,750 Palestinians were killed, and 9,700 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since Oct 07.