IDF says elite hamas commanders

BY A STAFF REPORTER: The IDF said troops had killed several Hamas activists in raids in Khan Younis and Maghazi in southern Gaza over the past few days.

In Magazi, the IDF said the 36th Division had killed about 20 Hamas members, including a commander of the militant group's elite Nukhba force.

The IDF said seven militants were killed in an airstrike on a building used by Hamas in Khan Younis.

According to the IDF, another Nukhba commander was among those killed in the attack who took part in the Oct. 7 attack.

In Khan Younis, soldiers from the commando brigade saw three Hamas gunmen coming out of the house of a worker and approaching the forces. The commanders opened fire, killing three people.