The IDF and Shin Bet eliminated Jamal Abu Saeed, head of operations in Hamas’s military intelligence apparatus, in an airstrike in Gaza City on Sunday, the two agencies announced Wednesday evening in a joint statement. Abu Saeed held hostage Omer Shem Tov in captivity during the war. The IDF released footage of the strike.
According to the statement, Abu Saeed held a series of senior positions in Hamas over the years. He oversaw the training of Hamas operatives outside the Gaza Strip, served as commander of an anti-tank battalion and was responsible for military specializations in Hamas’s Central Camps Brigade. He also managed the terror group’s relations with various countries and was regarded as a significant source of knowledge within the organization.
The IDF and Shin Bet said that throughout the war, and particularly in recent weeks, Abu Saeed advanced terror plots against IDF troops and Israeli civilians and worked to restore Hamas’s capabilities, while systematically violating the ceasefire. He was eliminated in an aerial strike to remove the threat he posed, the statement said.
