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Israel's military says it killed a Hamas commander who took part in the Oct 7 attack on the Re'im base
The Israel Defense Forces said Friday that they killed Maher Walid Omar Al-Husseini, a commander of Hamas's Nukhba unit, in the southern Gaza Strip on Wednesday.
What we know
- The military announced the killing Friday
- The strike was in southern Gaza
Not yet
- Independent confirmation of his role
The military says he entered the Re'im army base during the attack of Oct 7, 2023, and kept planning attacks on Israeli soldiers and civilians afterwards.
The military also reported strikes on Thursday in northern Gaza and Khan Yunis that it says killed another Hamas commander and a member of Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
