IDF Eliminates Top Hamas Terrorist in Rafah
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by i24 News and Algemeiner Staff
Some rises after an Israeli strike as Israeli forces launch a ground and air operation in the eastern part of Rafah, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, May 7, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Hatem Khaled
i24 News – The IDF eliminated a senior member of Hamas’s general security forces in Rafah, the military announced on Friday.
🔴IDF eliminates Salame Muhammad Abu Ajaj, a senior commander of Hamas's General Security Forces in the Rafah area pic.twitter.com/3ljuzSKmQY
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Killed in an airstrike, Salame Muhammad Abu Ajaj was one of the commanders of the general security forces in Rafah.
“The Hamas General Security Forces is a body that supports the Hamas Military Wing and is tasked with several key roles such as ensuring the survival of the organization, routine Hamas military activity, and the disruption of IDF operational activity in the Gaza Strip,” read the IDF statement. “As part of his role, Ajaj operated to strengthen and solidify the terror organization in the Rafah area.”
Another Hamas terrorist killed alongside him is the mayor of Nuseirat Eyad al-Maghari, the IDF said.
