The IDF and Shin Bet say that the commander of Hamas' rocket unit in central Gaza was eliminated in an airstrike in the past day.
Hamas terrorist Amar Atiya Darwish Aladini was a Hamas operative for several decades, responsible for embedding its rocket arsenal in Gaza and firing rockets at Israel since Operation Cast Led, up to and including the current war. Aladini played a central role in the preparations for the October 7 massacre. During the war, he directed rocket launches toward Israeli civilian areas, including Tel Aviv and communities in southern Israel. He was also responsible for heavy fire directed at IDF ground troops in Gaza.
In addition, in response to the recent rocket fire toward southern Israel, including the city of Sderot, the IDF and IAF carried out joint strikes on Hamas and Islamic Jihad terror targets in the area of Jabalya in northern Gaza. Israel struck operational centers used by terrorists as hiding places and to store weapons, additional weapons storage facilities, launch pits, and tunnel shafts.
