Israel eliminates Hamas deputy who commanded terrorist raids on Oct. 7
A Hamas deputy who spearheaded terrorist raids on Israel during the October 7 massacre has been eliminated, the Jewish State’s defense forces announced Friday.
Imad Hassan Hussein Aslim, the commander of the Zeitoun Battalion in Hamas’ military wing, was killed in a joint airstrike involving the Israel Defense Forces and the state’s security agency Shin Bet in northern Gaza on Wednesday, according to the IDF.
“Aslim commanded the battalion’s terrorist infiltration into Israel during the October 7 Massacre and advanced dozens of imminent attacks against IDF soldiers,” the military said.
“In recent years and particularly lately, the terrorist Aslim advanced dozens of terror attacks against IDF forces operating in the Gaza Strip, and therefore posed an immediate threat.”
Aslim’s funeral was held in Gaza City on Thursday and Hamas supporters mourned over his body.
Another commander, Izz ad-Din Beck, was reportedly present at the time of the strike – but it’s not known if he was killed.
“The results of the elimination are under review,” the Israeli military said.
The Southern Command, which defends Israel’s southern borders, remain deployed in the area, and “will continue to operate to remove any immediate threat,” the IDF vowed.
Israeli forces have announced the elimination of a slew of senior Hamas officials in recent days.
Hamas moneyman Ihab Khrizim was killed in Khan Yunis — which is located on the southern Gaza Strip and Gaza’s second-largest city — on Tuesday.
He was responsible for “managing the transfer of millions of dollars to Hamas’s military wing” and continued to “violate the ceasefire agreement,” according to the IDF.
“His actions enabled the promotion and execution of terror plots in the immediate timeframe against IDF forces operating in the Gaza Strip and civilians of the State of Israel,” military officials said.
“The elimination of Khrizim constitutes a blow to the terror organization Hamas’s attempts at rehabilitation and empowerment.”
Israel’s military announced that Hamas terrorist Mohammed al-Habash, who made weapons for the terror group, was also killed.
Mohammed Odeh, who was also a key figure in Hamas’ military wing who was tied to the October 7, 2023, attack, was killed Tuesday, along with his wife and two of his children.
Odeh led Hamas’ intelligence unit during the massacre and had been appointed about a week earlier to replace Izz al-Din al-Haddad, who was killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza on May 15.
“Odeh was responsible for the murder, abduction, and wounding of many Israeli citizens and IDF soldiers,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said.
