The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said it has killed a top Hamas leader.
Muhammad al-‘Ajlah, the commander of Hamas’ Shejaiya battalion, was taken out in a “precise strike” on Sunday, the IDF said Tuesday.
The Shejaiya battalion is a military unit within Hamas’s armed wing that operates primarily in the Shejaiya neighborhood of Gaza City, which has historically been a stronghold for Hamas and a focal point of intense fighting during Israeli military operations.
Al-‘Ajlah is the fifth commander of the Shejaiya battalion to be eliminated since the beginning of the war and the third since the start of the renewed operations in Gaza, the IDF said.
“Muhammad al-‘Ajlah served as the commander of a combat support company in the Shejaiya battalion throughout the war and was eliminated in a precise strike on Sunday night,” the IDF said in a statement Tuesday.
“Prior to the strike, numerous steps were taken to mitigate the risk of harming civilians, including issuing advanced warnings to civilians, precise munitions, and aerial surveillance.”
The killing of al-‘Ajlah on Sunday comes amid a resumption of the war on March 18 following a two-month ceasefire.
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