The Israel Defense Forces targeted Hamas terrorists in precision strikes across the Gaza Strip on Saturday in response to the Islamist group’s violations of the U.S.-brokered ceasefire, the military said on Sunday.
One of the strikes killed Alaa’ Haddadeh, the head of supply for the terrorist group’s production headquarters, the IDF said.
The slain terrorist was a “central source of knowledge” serving Hamas’s supply and production systems, according to the IDF. “During the war, he operated to transfer weapons from Hamas’s headquarters to battalion and field commanders for use against IDF troops.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told reporters on Sunday that since the ceasefire for the Gaza Strip went into effect on Oct. 10, “Hamas has not stopped violating it, and we are acting accordingly.
“There have been several attempts by them to infiltrate our territory beyond the [ceasefire-instituted] Yellow Line and try to harm our soldiers,” he said, speaking ahead of the weekly Cabinet meeting.
“We thwarted these with great force and responded, exacting a very heavy price,” said the premier. “Many terrorists were eliminated, and others were captured from the tunnels in Rafah.”
