IDF kills two Hamas operatives who moved millions from Iran

Footage of the strike (Photo: IDF Spokesperson)

The IDF and Shin Bet eliminated two terrorists last week who were involved in transferring funds to Hamas' military wing. According to a joint statement from the IDF and Shin Bet spokespersons, the two operatives transferred millions of shekels during the war from the Iranian terror regime and from Turkey to the organization.

In a strike carried out last Wednesday in the Gaza City area, the IDF eliminated the terrorist Alaa Ibrahim Nimr Arshi, a cell commander in Hamas's military wing. In another strike carried out the day before in the Nuseirat area, Karam Riyad Hassan Abu Batiha was eliminated, a Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist who worked to transfer funds to Hamas's military wing.

The IDF said the money the two terrorists moved had recently helped the group try to rebuild its military strength and push ahead with attacks on Israeli troops and civilians, in repeated violation of the ceasefire. Both were killed in an airstrike to remove the threat.

In parallel, last Thursday, the IDF and Shin Bet stuck a Hamas weapons warehouse in Gaza. The warehouse stored various types of combat equipment, including Kalashnikov rifles, a launcher, and rockets.

Security forces made clear that they will continue to act decisively to strike the empowerment and financing capabilities of terror organizations in the Gaza Strip, to erode their military capabilities, and to thwart any attempt to rebuild them or to hold combat equipment with the aim of harming IDF forces.

IDF forces in the Southern Command are deployed in the area in accordance with the agreement and will continue to act to remove any threat. This activity is taking place in parallel with the extensive counterterrorism operation that the IDF opened in the Hebron area following last Friday's deadly shooting attack, which claimed the lives of 2 IDF soldiers.