IDF kills most senior Islamic State terrorist in the Gaza Strip

Muhammad Abd al-Aziz Abu Zubaida managed the strategic activities of the Islamic State through Judea and Samaria.

During last week, the FDI, under the direction of the command of the South and the Intelligence Directorate, killed Muhammad Abd al-Aziz Abu Zubaida, chief of the Palestine district of the Islamic State in the Gaza Strip, confirmed the FDI on Friday. The operation took place in the Bureij region.

Abu Zubaaida held the most high -end position of the Islamic State terrorist network in Gaza. He managed the group’s strategic activities through Judea and Samaria, the Gaza Strip and the Sinai Peninsula. According to military intelligence, he also supervised the transfer of funds and combat of combat in Gaza, and his agents were involved in the fight against the troops of Tsahal during the war.

His death occurred in the middle of an intensified FDI activity throughout the Gaza Strip. In recent days, the FDI has increased operations in Gaza City, targeting dozens of terrorist infrastructure sites. Southern Command would have prepared for the officials to describe as a last push to dismantle the remaining battalions of Hamas integrated into several key districts.

IDF suspends humanitarian breaks in Gaza

As part of this escalation, the FDIs announced the suspension of humanitarian breaks in northern Gaza, declaring that the cease-fire arrangements would no longer apply to Gaza City. The change reported the start of an open military operation in the region, where the troops made raids, collected information and performing precision strikes on the buildings used by Hamas and other armed groups.

Meanwhile, Israeli forces have recovered the body from hostage Ilan Weiss to Gaza City. The remains of another soldier, but unidentified, were also recovered during the same operation. The effort follows a complex information collection process involving the headquarters of the hostages and disappeared persons, unit 504, and the Southern Command, on the basis of the information obtained from the prisoners questioned by the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency).

The discoveries occurred while the troops of the TSAhals intensified operations in the center of Gaza, in particular in Shujaiyya and Zeitoun. Forces have made raids at the surface and underground. The engineering units destroyed tunnels and dozens of armed mans were killed or captured in a close fight.