Israeli forces eliminated a Hamas cell commander and two other Hamas operatives in a series of targeted strikes in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, October 17, 2026, the IDF announced on Monday, October 19, 2026. In the Tuffah area of northern Gaza, the IDF struck Mohammed Khamis Jaber, a member of Hamas’s military wing who “played a significant role in the functioning of Hamas’ production headquarters.”
In further strikes in the same area that day, Israeli forces eliminated Majed Ahmed Mustafa Sabbagh, a cell commander in Hamas’s military wing. In Jabalya, the IDF eliminated Amer Bashir Mohammed Khourani, a member of Hamas’s military engineering battalion. The military said all three had planned attacks on IDF troops and Israeli civilians in the period before the strikes and had worked to rebuild Hamas’s military capabilities, in what it described as a systematic violation of the ceasefire.
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