The IDF announced the elimination of one of the Hamas commanders.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and the country's Internal Security Service (ISA) conducted operations during which the commander of the Nuhba special forces within the Palestinian Hamas movement, who was involved in the attack on one of the Israeli settlements during the attack on October 7, 2023, was eliminated. This was announced by the IDF press service on June 21.

"Over the weekend <...> the IDF and ISA attacked the southern part of the Gaza Strip and eliminated <...>..> Zaki Youssef Mahmoud Abu Mustafa, commander of Nuhba," the IDF said in a posting on its Telegram channel.

According to the IDF, Abu Mustafa had previously entered Kibbutz Nir Oz and allegedly participated in attacks on military personnel, as well as used one of the hospitals to carry out "terrorist activities." It is clarified that he also tried to restore the military potential of the Islamic Jihad organization (a terrorist organization banned in Russia), violating the ceasefire agreement.

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The IDF press service reported on June 21 that the Israeli military had eliminated two Hamas representatives in the Gaza Strip who were involved in money transfers within the movement's financial network. It was noted that the eliminated militants facilitated the transfer of more than 500 million shekels (about $ 170 million) to the military wing of the organization, using a network of dozens of couriers and currency exchange offices in Turkey and the Gaza Strip, and also operated within the framework of the Hamas-controlled financial system that provided funds to the Gaza Strip.