On Saturday evening, the Israeli military and the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) announced the execution of a precise airstrike targeting a prominent leader in the military wing of Hamas. Hebrew media reported that the target was “Abu Obeida.”
According to a joint statement from both entities, the operation was led by the Southern Military Command and the Military Intelligence Directorate. Israeli estimates suggested that the attack was aimed at Abu Obeida, the spokesperson for the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’s military wing.
Abu Obeida is known as one of the most prominent figures in Hamas’s military propaganda, regularly appearing in video recordings and official statements announcing resistance operations or calling for the release of prisoners. An official confirmation of the operation’s success has not yet been made, but the Israeli military stated that the airstrike caused “significant damage” to Hamas’s infrastructure. In related news, Palestinian medical sources reported that the strike resulted in the deaths and injuries of several civilians in the upscale Rimal neighborhood, where the hit occurred near a crowded residential area.
This is not the first attempt by the Israeli military, referred to as “Tzahal,” to target Abu Obeida. In May, Israeli sources claimed that the military believed the prominent spokesperson was accompanying Mohammed Deif, the leader of Hamas’s military wing and the brother of Yahya Sinwar, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Khan Younis in October 2024. Yahya Sinwar, considered a key architect of the attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, has become a symbol of the ongoing escalation between the two sides, with his death resulting in shifts in Hamas’s leadership without halting the clashes.
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