In a statement, the army indicated that, after receiving information from the military secret services and Israel’s Internal Secret Services (Shin Bet), a plan was devised to attack and eliminate Barud, which was carried out by the air force.
According to the military, Barud, together with another Hamas commander, Yahya Sinwar (who Israel considers his main target but has not yet been able to locate), planned the attack on southern Israeli territory on October 7, which had wider consequences 1,400 people. dead, mostly civilians, and more than 200 hostages.
“Barud planned the October 7 barbaric attacks together with Yahya Sinwar and previously served as commander of the Hamas battalion in Khan Yunis and was responsible for planning numerous terrorist attacks on Israeli civilians,” the military said.
“After this, Barud held various positions in the military secret services of Hamas and was responsible for information security and until now responsible for Hamas’s relations with the secret services,” the Israeli military statement said.
Shadi Barud, deputy head of Hamas’s intelligence directorate, has been neutralized by an IDF airstrike.
He participated in the planning of the October 7 massacre and numerous other deadly attacks against Israelis.
We will continue to attack and eliminate Hamas…
– Israeli Defense Forces (@IDF) October 26, 2023
On the other hand, “Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) fighter jets killed the commander of the missile battalion in the northern part of Khan Yunis, Hassan al-Abdullah,” an Israeli army spokesman said.
“IDF warplanes continue to target Hamas terrorist infrastructure in the Gaza Strip, including military command centers and rocket launch sites,” the spokesperson added.
Khan Yunis is a city in the south of the Gaza Strip where there are several Palestinian refugee camps. In recent hours, Israeli naval forces attacked a Hamas surface-to-air missile launch point in that area.
In turn, “Israeli warplanes attacked more than 250 Hamas targets” in the past 24 hours, including “operational command centers, tunnels and rocket launchers installed in the middle of civilian areas,” from where the military claimed the militias were firing.
Since the start of the war, Israeli forces have killed twelve senior Hamas officials.
In retaliation for Hamas’ attack on October 7, Israel is bombing the Gaza Strip daily and has so far killed at least 7,028 people and injured 18,484, most of them civilians, according to data from the local Health Ministry.
Source: DN
