The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) and the Shin Bet security agency also disclosed that at least five Hamas leaders, including Ahmed Jandor, the commander of Hamas' northern brigade, and his deputy, Wael Rajab, were killed in a recent airstrike in northern Gaza.
Documents and photographs seized from Hamas showed that a tunnel destroyed in the missile strike housed five top officials, who were allegedly responsible for directing and managing the activities in the northern Gaza Strip. Additionally, in a video released by the IDF, Rajab was seen walking through one of Hamas' underground corridors in the tunnel network shortly before his death.
Aside from the northern leaders, the airstrike claimed the lives of the leader of the aid battalion, the head of the military formation and the officer responsible for observations in the north. The IDF revealed that similar operations were conducted to kill six other top officials across Gaza, targeting the commanders of battalions in Beit Lahia, Jabaliya, Sabra, Shati, Darj Tapah and Shejaiya.