The head of rocket operations for Hamas’s Western Jabalia battalion was among several terrorists killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza city over the weekend, the Israeli military reported on Monday.
According to the IDF, Abd el-Halim Abu Hussein was responsible for numerous rocket and mortar attacks against Israeli civilians, as well as against Israeli forces in Gaza.
The strike also eliminated Muhammad Abd al-Rahman Muhammad Zakout, one of the Hamas terrorists who carried out the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre in southern Israel.
While Hamas rocket fire has significantly decreased since the early days of the war as the IDF has severely degraded the terror group’s capabilities, it has not been eliminated.
Terrorist forces in Gaza launched a rocket at the Gaza border community of Kerem Shalom on Nov. 21, triggering sirens in the kibbutz, located at the Gaza-Israel-Egypt border near the crossing of the same name. The rocket was successfully intercepted, causing no injuries or damage, according to the IDF.
A rocket from Gaza set off sirens in Kibbutz Erez on Nov. 13, impacting in an open area. No injuries were reported in that incident.
The community is located less than a mile from the Strip’s northern border and is the namesake of the Erez Crossing.
