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HAMAS "Oasis of Martyrs" - Dead Leaders

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galant hung a poster on the wall of his office in Tel Aviv in the wake of the October 7 attack by Hamas on southern Israel, bearing pictures of hundreds of leaders of the Palestinian armed group arranged in a pyramid shape, according to Reuters. At the bottom of the poster are pictures of junior Hamas field commanders, and above are pictures of the senior leadership, including Muhammad al-Deif, the mastermind of the October attack. This poster was printed in large numbers after Israel invaded Gaza in response to the October 7 attack, and placed an “X” on the faces of the leaders who died.

Haaretz observed 08 December 2023: "In the past, assassinations did not generate immediate laxness in Hamas. Over the years, Israel has assassinated Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, Abdel Aziz Rantisi, Saleh Shehadeh, Ahmed Jabari, Ibrahim Makadmeh and other top figures (and failed in attempts to kill Deif and Khaled Meshal). That did not lead Hamas to surrender or to become more moderate, although some argue that the assassinations at the end of the second intifada, in which Yassin and Rantisi were killed, expedited Hamas' decision to desist from suicide bombings."

  1. On 12 June 2003 Israeli helicopter gunships fired several missiles at a car carrying Hamas activists. The car was destroyed, and one of the dead was identfied as Yasser Taha, a leader of Hamas' military wing. The medical sources say a three-year-old girl was also among those killed. About 25 people were wounded in the attack.
  2. Hamas vowed revenge for the killing of the senior Hamas official, Abdullah Qawasmeh, in a raid that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon hailed as a "successful operation." Israeli officials said Qawasmeh was the mastermind behind a series of suicide attacks carried out by Hamas, including a bus bombing in Jerusalem that killed 17 people. A special anti-terrorist squad of Israel's Border Police entered Hebron on 21 June 2003 in what they said was a bid to arrest Mr. Qawasmeh but ended up killing him when, they said, he resisted arrest. They said he was armed and tried to escape.
  3. Ahmed Al-Jaabari, died along with a passenger after their car was hit by a missile on while travelling in Gaza. Hamas confirmed that an Israeli air strike killed the number two leader of its military wing 14 November 2011.
  4. On 05 December 2021 the IDF and the Shin Bet domestic security service said that 16 high-ranking members of Hamas. The casualties included Bassim Issa, veteran Hamas brigade commander for Gaza City;
  5. On 05 December 2021 the IDF and the Shin Bet domestic security service said that they killed 16 high-ranking members of Hamas. The casualties included Jomaa Tahla, the Hamas cyber and missile technology chief and 13 members of the group's weapons manufacturing staff.
  6. The IDF and the Shin Bet killed the head of the Shura Council of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Asama Almazini / Osama Mazini. He was responsible for Hamas prisoners and directed terrorist activities against Israel.
  7. On 11 May 2023 Israel Defense Forces killed the head of the rocket division of the Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip, Ali Hassan Ghali. The impressive strike that took out the apartment of Hassan Ghali, left the rest of the building intact, including the support beams of his home.
  8. On 12 October 2023 IDF aircraft struck Muhammad Abu Shamla, a senior Hamas naval operative in the Rafah Brigade. Abu Shamla's residence was used to store naval weapons designated for terror against the State of Israel.
  9. On 14 October 2023 IDF aircraft neutralized Ali Qadi, a company commander in Hamas' "Nukhba" commando force, who led the brutal terror attack against Israeli communities near the Gaza Strip. In 2005, Ali was apprehended after kidnapping and murdering Israeli civilians and was released as part of the Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange. The operational command center of Ali Qadi, one of the commanders of the Hamas “Nukhba” commando forces who was killed several days ago, was struck 18 October 2023.
  10. On 15 October 2023 IDF fighter jets operated in Gaza and neutralized Billal Al Kedra last night, the commander of the southern Khan Yunis Nukhba forces, who was responsible for the Kibbutz Nirim massacre. Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorist operatives were also neutralized.
  11. Hamas said 17 October 2023 one of the top leaders of its armed wing was killed in an Israeli strike in the Gaza Strip. "Ayman Nofal, 'Abu Ahmad', a member of the general military council and commander of the central command in Al-Qassam Brigades, was killed" in an Israeli strike on the central Gaza Strip, Hamas said in a statement. Confirming his killing, the Israeli military described Nofal as "one of the most dominant figures" in Hamas. An IDF statement described Nofal as the group's former head of military intelligence, who has been involved in manufacturing weapons and directing rockets fired at Israel. Nofal was also "involved in planning the abduction of Gilad Shalit", a soldier released in 2011 after being held for more than five years, the army said.
  12. On 18 October 2023 the IDF announced it had killed Muhammad Awdallah - commander of the anti-tank missile system of the Gaza City Brigade of the Hamas terrorist organization.
  13. On 18 October 2023 Akram Hijaz, an arms dealer, a dealer in terrorist funds and a coordinator of attacks in Israel and an active member of the Hamas naval system, was eliminate
  14. On 18 October 2023 Jamila al-Shanti, the first woman elected to the Hamas government, was killed in an Israeli raid in Jabalia, northern Gaza. A Gaza native, she joined the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt in 1977 before aligning with Hamas 10 years later. She returned to Gaza in 1990 and joined Hamas’s political system.
  15. On 21 October 2023 Talal al-Hindi, an al-Qassam Brigades commander, was killed along with his wife, Fadwa, daughter, Isra, and niece, Bara’ in an Israeli air raid on his house in central Gaza. Dozens of people remained under the rubble of their home after the attack, witnesses say.
  16. On 22 October 2023 IDF fighter jets neutralized Muhamad Qatmash/ Muhammad Katamash, the Deputy Head of Hamas' Artillery Array in the Gaza Strip, who was responsible for artillery operations in Hamas' Central Brigade in Gaza. By virtue of his position, he was a significant part of the planning and execution of the organization's fire plans towards Israel in general.
  17. On 22 October 2023 the Islamic Resistance Movement ( Hamas ) announced the martyrdom of one of its leaders in the West Bank in Israeli occupation prisons after his arrest in the wake of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood. The movement said in a statement that leader Omar Daraghmeh (58 years old) was martyred as a result of the torture he was subjected to in occupation detention centers, and described what happened against him as an "“assassination operation."
  18. On 24 October 2023, IDF acted on precise ISA intelligence and eliminated a number of Hamas terrorist organization operatives, including: Abed Alrahman - Deputy Commander of the Nuseirat Battalion, who took part in the Kibbutz Be'eri massacre Khalil Muhajez - Deputy Commander of the Shati Battalion, and Khalil Tatri - Deputy Commander of the Sheikh Radwan Battalion
  19. On 25 October 2023, based on precise ISA and IDF intelligence, security forces killed Taysir Mubasher, the Commander of the North Khan Yunis Battalion of the Hamas terrorist organization. In the past, he served as the Commander of Hamas' naval forces and held several positions in weapons manufacturing.
  20. On 25 October 2023 the IDF claimed to have killed the deputy commander of the Hamas Intelligence Directorate, Shadi Baroud. IDF said as part of his previous position as head of the attack department at the Hamas operations headquarters, Barud planned with Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, the attack plans that were carried out in the murderous raid in Israel on October 7.
  21. On 25 October 2023 the IDF, under the precise intelligence guidance of the Shin Bet and Amman, killed the commander of the Darj Tafah Battalion of the terrorist organization Hamas, Rafat Abbas, his deputy, Ebrahim Jedeva, and the commander of combat and administrative assistance, Tarek Maruf, using aircraft.
  22. On 25 October 2023 fighter jets directed by Shin Bet and Amman intelligence killed the commander of the North Khan Yunis rocket firing array of the Hamas terrorist organization, Hassan Al-Abdallah.
  23. On 27 October 2023 IDF and the Shin Bet killed Midhat Mabasher, the commander of the West Khan Yunis battalion in the Hamas terrorist organization. Midhat took part in sniping attacks and large explosives against IDF forces and Israeli settlements.
  24. On 27 October 2023 the Israeli military said one raid had killed Hamas air attacks chief Asem Abu Rakaba, who served as the Head of Hamas' Aerial Array. Rakaba held responsibility for overseeing Hamas' UAVs, drones, paragliders, as well as aerial detection and defense systems. He was also notably involved in planning the October 7 attack on Israel and commanded the group of terrorists who made incursion into Israel using paragliders. Additionally, he was responsible for coordinating drone attacks on IDF posts.
  25. On 28 October 2023, based on IDF and ISA intelligence, IDF fighter jets struck Ratib Abu Tzahiban, Commander of Hamas' Naval Forces of the Gaza City Brigade. Tzahiban planned and commanded the naval infiltration attempt carried out on October 24th, which was thwarted by Israeli naval forces.
  26. On 30 October 2023, tactical leadership targeted by the IDF included Jamil Baba, commander of Hamas’ naval forces in its Central Brigade / central camps
  27. On 30 October 2023, among the operatives killed was Muhammad Safadi, commander of the anti-tank missile unit in the Tuffah Battalion
  28. On 30 October 2023, based on IDF and ISA intelligence, IDF fighter jets struck the Commander of the Beit Lahia Battalion of Hamas' Northern Brigade, Nasim Abu Ajina, who directed the massacre on October 7th in the Kibbutz Erez and Moshav Netiv HaAsara. In the past, Abu Ajina commanded Hamas' Aerial Array, and took part in the development of the UAVs and paragliders of the terrorist organization.
  29. On 31 October 2023, IDF fighter jets, acting on ISA intelligence, killed Ibrahim Biari, the Commander of Hamas' Central Jabaliya Battalion. Biari was one of the leaders responsible for sending 'Nukbha' terrorist operatives to Israel to carry out the murderous terror attack on October 7th. IDF Spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari reported "we eliminated the Commander of the Jabaliya Battalion, Ibrahim Biari. He was a murderous commander who was responsible for a significant area from which the terrorists emerged to carry out the massacre in Israel on October 7th, but beyond his leadership of that, he was a senior terrorist who has been the dominant leader of their military activity during this war in northern Gaza. We have killed him. He was killed while situating himself inside the Jabaliya Camp - with dozens of additional terrorists arround him in the same area - which contains a headquarters and other operational facilities located in buildings within the civilian camp. The strike caused the collapse of the buildings compound within the civilian camp. The strike on the compound additionally caused the collapse of the underground military infrastructure, including terror tunnels under the camp, which further caused the collapse of additional structures. "
  30. On 01 November 2023, 19:33 | The IDF, under the direction of Amman and Shin Bet intelligence, eliminated Muhammad Atzar, the head of Hamas's anti-tank system, using a fighter jet. As part of his position, Atzar was responsible for all the anti-tank systems in the various brigades in the Gaza Strip, managed the force on a routine basis and assisted in its activation in an emergency.
  31. On 03 November 2023, the IDF said its forces "eliminated a Hamas battalion commander during overnight operations in Gaza." IDF said it killed Mustafa Dalul / Moztapa Delol / Mustafa Dalloul, who "directed combat against IDF forces and held key positions in Hamas' Gaza City Brigade." Delol, the commander of the Zabra Tel Elhua / Sabra-Tel al-Hawa Battalion, took a central part in the conduct of the fighting against the IDF forces in the Gaza Strip. Delol performed several positions in the battalion and the Gaza City Brigade.
  32. On 03 November 2023, the IDF said its forces eliminated Azuddin Awad, the commander of al-Qassam battalions in Tulkarem
  33. On 03 November 2023, the IDF said its forces eliminated Jihad Mehraj Shahadeh, the commander of the rapid reaction battalions affiliated with Al-Aqsa Brigades, the military branch of Fatah movement.
  34. On 05 November 2023, an IAF fighter jet, directed by ISA and IDF intelligence, killed the Commander of Hamas’ Deir al-Balah Battalion in the Central Camps Brigade, Wael Asefa. Asefa was responsible for sending Hamas “Nukhba” terrorists into Israeli territory during the barbaric massacre on October 7th. Asfa was imprisoned between 1992-1998 for his involvement in attacks against Israeli settlements, and was involved over the years in promoting many attacks against Israeli civilians and IDF forces.
  35. On 05 November 2023, IDF warplanes under the intelligence guidance of the Amman and the Shin Bet killed additional commanders of Hamas among them - Jamal Musa, who was responsible for special security in the terrorist organization Hamas. In 1993 Jamal Musa carried out a shooting attack against IDF forces who were on patrol in the territory of the Gaza Strip.
  36. On 07 November 2023, the IDF said its forces eliminated Wael Asefa / Wa'il Asafa, Hamas commander of the Dir al-Balah battalion [not brigade] in the Central Camps Brigade
  37. On 08 November 2023, a strike from a fighter jet killed Muhsin Abu Zina / Mohsen Abu Zina. The IDF said he "served as one of Hamas' leading weapons developers and was an expert in developing strategic weapons and rockets."
  38. On 09 November 2023, based on ISA and IDF intelligence, an IDF fighter jet killed Ibrahim Abu-Maghsib, Head of Hamas’ Anti-Tank Missile Unit in the Central Camps Brigade. As part of his position, Maghsib directed and carried out numerous anti-tank missile launches directed at Israeli civilians and IDF soldiers.
  39. On 10 November 2023, IDF forces, under the direction of the Intelligence Division, killed a number of Hamas Nakhaba terrorists who participated in the murderous massacre in the Gaza Strip, among them Ahmed Musa, commander of the Nakhaba Company, and Omar Alhandi, commander of a platoon entrenched in western Jabaliya. Ahmed Musa was one of the commanders of the raids on the Zikim base, Kibbutz Zikim and Yaftach outpost. In recent days Ahmed Musa led an offensive activity against IDF forces in the West Jabaliya area. In addition, at the direction of the Shin Bet and Aman, the head of the assassination unit of the terrorist organization Hamas in the northern division, Muhammad Kahlot, was eliminated.
  40. On 13 November 2023, the IDF and ISA killed Yaakub A'ashur, Head of the Anti-Tank Missile Array of Hamas' Khan Yunis Brigade. Ashour, who previously served as a battalion commander and later assumed a leadership role in the anti-tank formation, played a significant role in directing offensive operations against IDF forces.
  41. On 13 November 2023, the IDF and ISA killed Khosl Muhammad Hamis Dababesh, a senior Hamas terrorist, served in various capacities within the organization, including as the head of military intelligence. Over the last two years, Dababesh held the position of secretary of the national relations portfolio in the Political Bureau and represented Hamas at gatherings of national and Islamic factions in the Gaza Strip. He was directly involved in orchestrating the 2002 attack on the settlement of Atzmona, resulting in the deaths of five Israelis.
  42. On 13 November 2023, the IDF and ISA killed additional terrorists in targeted strikes, including Tahsin Maslam / Tahsin Muslem, the commander of the combat assistance company responsible for special forces in Beit Lahia, Jihad A'azem / Jahad Azzam, an investigative officer of Hamas military intelligence in Zeitoon, and Manir Harev / Munir Hareb, the head of the information system in the Rafah Brigade.
  43. On 13 November 2023, it was reported that Israel had eliminated Ahmed Bahar, a member of Hamas’ political bureau, as a result of an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) airstrike earlier this week. The senior member of the terrorist organization was reportedly injured in the IDF strike, and recently died of his wounds. Hamas, however, had not officially confirmed the reports. Behar, 76, served as head of the Shura Council of Hamas and previously as deputy speaker of the Palestinian Parliament.
  44. On 20 November 2023, the IDF and ISA killed three additional company commanders of the Hamas terrorist organization.
  45. On 21 November 2023, Israel conducted an airstrike near the southern Lebanese city of Tyre resulting in the assassination of Khalil Haraz / Khalil Al-Jazzar the deputy commander [not the commander] of Hamas’ Al-Qassam Brigades in Lebanon [not Al-Qassam Brigades overall] in addition to three other Hamas operatives in an airstrike on the car they were in near the southern Lebanese city of Tyre.
  46. On 23 November 2023, the IDF, under the intelligence guidance of the naval arm, the Amman and the Shin Bet, eliminated, using fighter jets, Amr Abu Jallah, the commander of the Hamas naval force in Khan Yunis and another terrorist from the organization's naval force. Omar Abu Jallah was a senior in the naval force, and was involved from the beginning of the fighting in sending a number of naval attacks
  47. On 26 November 2023, Hamas said that the commander of its northern brigade and four other senior leaders had been killed during Israel’s offensive against the movement. In a statement, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades said Ahmed al-Ghandour was a member of its military council, It identified al-Ghandour as “a leading figure in the planning and execution of the October 7" operation. Al-Ghandour is the highest-ranking member of the Al-Qassam Brigade thought to have been killed in Israel's retaliation in Gaza since Hamas' October 7 attack. He had survived at least three Israeli attempts to kill him, going back to 2002, according to the Counter Extremism Project, an advocacy group based in Washington. Ghandour – whose nom de guerre was Abu Anas – was put on a US economic sanctions blacklist in 2017 as a "global terrorist." He was freed in 2011 in exchange for 1,027 Palestinian prisoners.
  48. On 26 November 2023, Hamas said three others had been killed, among them Ayman Siyyam, head of its rocket division. Wael Rajab, described as Ghandour's deputy and the former police chief in northern Gaza, had also been killed, it said, as had Raafat Salman, a senior operative in Qassam's Gaza City Brigade involved in planning the motorised glider infiltration on October 7.
  49. On 26 November 2023, Hamas said that Farsan Khalifa, was a senior operative with Hamas's West Bank headquarters who "aided and was close to" its Gaza leadership, had been killed. The Israeli army said Ghandour, Siyyam and Khalifa were killed in the same strike, without saying where or when it took place.
  50. On 26 November 2023, Hamas said Muhammad Hamadeh, a member of the media office of the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas and its spokesman in the occupied city of Jerusalem, was martyred in the city of Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip in a Zionist bombing of Gaza a few days ago.
  51. On 02 December 2023, the IDF, guided by accurate intelligence from the Amman and the Shin Bet, eliminated Wisam Farahat / Sam Farhat, the commander of the Shejaiya Battalion of Hamas, using Air Force fighter jets. Farhat commanded the battalion from 2010 and led it in Operation "Tzuk Eitan". during which he commanded the terrorists in the APC disaster, in which six IDF soldiers were killed. Farhat took part in the planning of the brutal attack on Israeli territory on October 7, and sent the Nakhaba terrorists that day towards Kibbutz and the Nahal Oz outpost. Also, Farhat was one of the masterminds of the attack on the pre-military training center in Azmona in 2002, as a result of which five Israelis were killed, and was one of the masterminds of the anti-tank fire at the bus in Nahal Oz in 2011, as a result of which an Israeli child was killed. In 1995, on his way to carry out a suicide attack in Israel, Farhat was arrested by the security forces and imprisoned in an Israeli prison for ten years. After his return to Gaza, he worked in the areas of rocket production for the terrorist organization. From the beginning of the fighting, the IDF and the Shin Bet significantly damaged the capabilities of the Shejaiya Battalion, from the elimination of the top command to the destruction of infrastructure and weapons. In a statement, the Israeli army said, “This communication is addressed to the leaders of the Shuja’iya Battalion in Hamas: Consider this notice a final notice. You are all being targeted. The IDF will work with extreme force in the neighborhood in order to dismantle Hamas’ terrorist infrastructure. You have two options: Surrender and lay down your weapons. Or stay and face a fate similar to that faced by Wissam Farhat and Younis Mushtaha.”
  52. On 03 December 2023, the IDF, guided by the intelligence of the Shin Bet and the Israeli Defense Forces, killed Haitham Khawajiri, the commander of the Shati Battalion of the terrorist organization Hamas, using an Air Force fighter jet, under his command, they launched a raid into Israeli territory on October 7. Khawajri commanded the security of the activities of the terrorist organization Hamas at Shifa Hospital and also commanded the fighting against the IDF forces at Camp Shatti.
  53. On 05 December 2023 IDF forces, under the intelligence guidance of the Shin Bet and the Amman, killed four battalion commanders in the Gaza Brigade, among them: the commander of the Sabra Battalion, the commander of the Shati Battalion, the commander of the Darj Tapah Battalion and the commander of the Shejaiya Battalion.
  54. On 05 December 2023 IDF forces under the intelligence guidance of the Shin Bet and Amman killed the brigade commander, Ahmed Jandor, the brigade's deputy commander, Vaal Rajab and other senior officials among them : The commander of the brigade's aid battalion, the head of the military formation and responsible for the observations in the north of the Gaza Strip.
  55. On 07 December 2023 it was announced that fighter jets, directed by the intelligence of the Amman and the Shin Bet, killed Abd Elaziz Rantisi, a senior member of Hamas's military intelligence. Rantisi was responsible for all of Hamas' observations and took part in planning the brutal massacre of 10/7. He was killed in an attack on a central commander of the Hamas intelligence, and together with him an operative in the observation array in the Carrara battalion, Ahmed Ayush, was also killed. In this HML, the observation picture from the whole of the Gaza Strip was concentrated, and it served as a significant strategic conference for the management of Hamas's fighting, and in its ability to identify signs of terrorism against IDF fighters.
  56. On 10 December 2023 the IDF (Israel Defense Forces) and the Shin Bet security agency executed an airstrike that resulted in the death of Emad Karika, the newly appointed commander of Hamas' Shejaiya Battalion. Karika previously served as the deputy commander of the Shejaiya Battalion since 2019. The move came after the previous commander of the battalion was killed during the conflict.
  57. On 30 December 2023, Abdel-Fattah Ma'ali, the deputy of "The Engineer" and who helped him carry out attacks - was killed in an attack in Gaza. Ma'ali, a Salafist born in Baghdad, helped Yahya Ayash in his first infernal attack in 1992.
  58. Palestinian sources report the elimination of Hussal Ahmed Shabat (Abu Sajd), the Qhamas artillery battalion commander in Beit Hanun (north of the Strip), in an airstrike.
  59. On 01 January 2024, IDF troops in the Gaza Division directed an IAF fighter jet to strike and eliminate Adil Mismah, the Nukhba Company Commander of Deir al-Balah. Mismah commanded in the field Nukhba terrorists who carried out the brutal attack on Kibbutz Kissufim during Hamas’ October 7th invasion and massacre in southern Israel.
  60. On 02 January 2024 Hamas announced the martyrdom of the movement’s deputy head of its political bureau, , Sheikh Saleh Al-Arouri, and two of Al-Qassam’s leaders in a "cowardly assassination" in Beirut. Izzat Al-Rishq, a member of the Hamas political bureau, said, “The cowardly assassinations carried out by the Zionist occupation against the leaders and symbols of our Palestinian people inside and outside Palestine will not succeed in breaking the will and steadfastness of our people.” For his part, Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati said that the explosion in the southern suburb of Beirut is “an Israeli crime aimed at bringing Lebanon into a new phase.” Israel's ambassador to the United Nations, Gilad Erdan, congratulated the Israeli army, the Shin Bet , the Mossad , and the security forces on the assassination of Al-Arouri.
  61. On 06 January 2024 IDF forces said they had eliminated the commander of Hamas’ Nuseirat battalion, Ismail Siraj and his deputy, Ahmed Wahaba, in an airstrike this evening in the Gaza Strip.
  62. On 18/19 February 2024, Under the intelligence guidance of the Israel Defense Forces and the Shin Bet, Air Force fighter jets attacked senior members of the Hamas emergency committees in the Rafah area, who helped the terrorist organization's military arm establish continued control and activity in the area. In the attack, Syed Katab Al-Hashash, Osama Hamed Chahir and Muhammad Uz Al-Malalhi, the heads of the emergency committees in the north and east of Rafah, were attacked. Along with them, Hadi Abu Elros, who was the operations officer of the emergency committees, was also eliminated. The seniors were the emissaries of the Hamas leadership in Rafah, worked for the concentration of Hamas's organizational activity in humanitarian areas and were responsible for all the activities of the movement and the relationship with the organization's operatives in the field. Their assassination joins the assassination of Nachal El-Eid who was attacked last week and who served as the chairman of the emergency committees in the Rafah district, and even managed all the movement activities of the district.
  63. On 06 April 2024 Israeli army announced that under the intelligence guidance of the Israel Defense Forces and the Shin Bet, Air Force fighter jets “killed an official in the Hamas Internal Security Service named Akram Abdel Rahman Hussein Salama,” noting that he “planned to launch attacks inside Israel.” The Israeli army spokesman for the Arab media, Avichay Adraee, wrote on the X platform, “The IDF and the General Security Service eliminated an official in the Hamas internal security service who sought to carry out major terrorist operations in the Gaza Strip and planned attacks inside the territory of Israel.” He added, "Last Wednesday, Air Force fighter jets liquidated Akram Abd al-Rahman Hussein Salama, an official in the internal apparatus of the Hamas organization. Akram Salama had held several high-ranking positions in Hamas, including deputy head of Khan Yunis Governorate." Adraee continued, "He also sought, within the duties of his position, to carry out major terrorist operations in the Gaza Strip with the aim of harming the activities of the IDF, in addition to his responsibility for planning and carrying out major attacks within the territory of the State of Israel."
  64. On 09 April 2024 the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced the elimination of Hatem Alramery / al-Amari, a senior operative in the terrorist organization Hamas, who operated in the Central Camps area of Gaza. According to the announcement, Alramery headed Hamas' Emergency Bureau in the Gaza Central Camps while also serving in a military capacity for the terrorist organization. In addition to his head role, Alramery was an active operative in the Hamas military wing, particularly with the launches of projectiles as part of the Maghazi / Ma'azi Battalion in the Central Camps Brigade.
  65. On 10 April 2024 an Israeli raid killed 3 sons of the head of the Hamas political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, in the Gaza Strip. Hamas and Haniyeh's family said that 3 of Haniyeh's sons and 4 of his grandchildren (3 girls and a boy) were killed in the Israeli strike. The IDF reported that Haniyeh's three sons, Hazem, Amir, and Muhammad, were killed after the car they were traveling in was bombed in the Beach camp in Gaza. Relatives of Haniyeh explained that the three sons and four grandchildren were making family visits on the first day of the Eid al-Fitr holiday in the Beach refugee camp in Gaza Cit Israeli army and Shin Bet said that Amir Haniyeh was a division commander in the military wing of Hamas, while Hazem and Muhammad Haniyeh were lower-ranking activists in the military wing as well.
  66. On 08 May 2024, in a joint operation by the IDF and the Shin Bet, an Air Force aircraft under the intelligence guidance of the Shin Bet and the Navy, in the last day eliminated the terrorist Ahmed Ali, commander of the Hamas naval force in Gaza City. During the war, Ahmed Ali promoted offensive activities towards Israeli territory and additional attacks against IDF forces operating in the Gaza Strip. In the meantime, in recent weeks he has been promoting attacks against IDF forces operating in the corridor in the center of the Gaza Strip. As part of his position, in recent years Ali has been involved in the management of projects of the Hamas naval force in the Gaza Strip.
  67. On 22 May 2024, the fighters of the combat teams of the 98th Division and special forces from the Air Force and the Yalam unit eliminated in an underground space the terrorist Hasin Payach, the commander of the Beit Hanun battalion of the Hamas terrorist organization. Fiach was responsible for many anti-tank missiles that were launched into the territory of the State of Israel during the war, as well as for launching many rocket launchers towards the settlements in the north of the Otaf. The elimination of Fiach is part of the 98th Division's combat effort above and below ground, to find and destroy a tunnel route and eliminate the terrorists hiding inside. The IDF acknowledged 22 January 2025 that it did not kill the commander of Hamas's Beit Hanoun battalion back in May, after published footage showed the commander, Hussein Fayyad, alive.
  68. On 26 May 2024, the IDF carried out an attack, in cooperation with the Shin Bet, that killed the terrorist Yassin Rabia, who managed all the military formations of the West Bank headquarters of Hamas, was involved in the transfer of funds for terrorist purposes and directed attacks by Hamas operatives in Judea and Samaria. Yassin has carried out a number of murderous attacks in the past, including attacks in 2001 and 2002 in which IDF soldiers were killed.
  69. On 22 May 2024, the IDF carried out an attack, in cooperation with the Shin Bet, that killed the terrorist Khaled Nagar, a senior officer at the West Bank headquarters, directed shooting attacks and other terrorist plots in Judea and Samaria, and was involved in the transfer of funds destined for terrorism for Hamas in the Gaza Strip. In the past, Nagar carried out several attacks in which Israeli civilians were murdered and additional soldiers were killed and wounded.
  70. On 22 June 2024, the IDF launched an unusual air attack on the Beach Camp in Gaza City, targeting Raed Saad, a senior leader in the Al-Qassam Brigades, an operations official and a member of the Military Council, an attack that left 39 casualties and dozens wounded. Israeli media said that the unusual attack targeted Saad, who was described as “No. 4” in the “Al-Qassam.” Saad's fate was not immediately clear. Israeli Channel 12 said that estimates indicate that he was killed in the attack, but there is no confirmation. She added that Saad, “who is considered No. 4 in the organization’s hierarchy and plays a major role in decision-making at the top of the leadership, was targeted by the Israeli security establishment from the beginning of the war and even before it.” “By virtue of his position, Saad possesses a large amount of intelligence information, and is deeply familiar with the building of the tunnel network, the missile device, and the secret sites used by Hamas and its activists.”
  71. On 13 July 2024 PM Netanyahu announced "The State of Israel, via the IDF and the ISA, attacked a target in Gaza today in order to eliminate Muhammad Deif and his deputy Rafa'a Salameh. While there is no absolute certainty yet that they were eliminated, I would like to assure you that one way or another, we will reach the entire Hamas leadership.,.. when the ISA Director presented me with the details of the operation, I wanted to know three things: First of all, I wanted to know that, according to the intelligence, there were no hostages around them. Second, I wanted to know the scope of the collateral damage. Third, I asked about the type of munitions. When I received satisfactory answers, I approved the action and said, 'May it be a great success.' "
  72. On 14 July 2024 the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed that it had eliminated Rafa'a Salameh, the Commander of Hamas's Khan Younis Brigade in the Gaza Strip in the airstrike the day prior.
  73. On 31 July 2024 Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed in Tehran. The Hamas political bureau chief was one of the terrorist group's most senior leaders alongside Yahya Sinwar, the architect of the Oct. 7 massacre. Iranian media reported that Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was staying at a special residence for war veterans in the north of Tehran, “when he was martyred by an air-launched missile,” according to the semi-official Fars news agency.
  74. On 05 August 2024 Israeli media reported that Jaber Aziz, Commander of Hamas' Al-Furqan Battalion, was eliminated in a strike on Hamas command and control centers in Gaza City. Aziz, who has led the Al-Furqan Battalion since 2020, previously served as Deputy Commander of both the Al-Furqan and Zaytun Battalions, as well as Commander of the Zaytun Battalion. The strike targeted Hamas militants operating within the "Hassan Salame" and "Nasser" schools.
  75. On 09 August 2024 IAF aircraft struck in the area of Sidon in Lebanon, and eliminated the terrorist Samer Mahmoud al-Haj, a senior commander in the Hamas terrorist organization in Lebanon, who was responsible for advancing terror attacks and projectile launches from Lebanon toward Israeli territory," the IDF said in a joint statement with the Israel Securities Authority (ISA).
  76. On 08 September 2024 the IDF said it assassinated the commander of Hamas' Khan Yunis brigade rocket unit, Ra'af Omar Salman Abu Sha'ab.
  77. On 03 October 2024 a joint operation by the IDF and the Shin Bet, Air Force fighter jets attacked, under the intelligence guidance of the Shin Bet, in the Tulkarm area and killed the terrorist Zahi Yasser Abdel Razak Ofi, the head of the Hamas infrastructure in Tulkarm.
  78. On 03 October 2024 Israel Defense Forces announced that Approximately 3 months ago, in a joint IDF and ISA strike in Gaza, the following terrorists were eliminated:
    1. Rawhi Mushtaha, the Head of the Hamas government in Gaza
    2. Sameh al-Siraj, who held the security portfolio on Hamas' political bureau and Hamas' Labor Committee
    3. Sami Oudeh, Commander of Hamas' General Security Mechanism

    IAF fighter jets struck and eliminated the terrorists while they were hiding in a fortified and equipped underground compound in northern Gaza. The compound served as a Hamas command and control center and enabled senior operatives to remain inside of it for extended periods of time.
  79. On 05 October 2024 Hamas-affiliated media reported that Saeed Atallah, a senior commander in Hamas' military wing, the Iz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, was killed with three family members in an Israeli strike on a Palestinian refugee camp in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli. This marked the first Israeli strike on the Sunni-majority port city.
  80. On 05 October 2024 Senior U.S. officials told the New York Times that while there is "no definitive proof of life," they believe Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar is alive and is still making critical decisions for Hamas. Communications between Sinwar and the outside world has been cut off as of late, leading a number of Israeli officials to question whether he is still alive.
  81. On 17 October 2024 the Israeli army reported the liquidation of the new Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in the Gaza Strip. The Shin Bet revealed that the assassination of Sinwar was accidental and not planned. Rather, the operation was carried out by an infantry force of the occupation army without the participation of special units and not under targeted guidance from the Israeli intelligence services.
  82. On 02 November 2024 the Israeli military announced the killing of the last high-ranking member of the Hamas politburo and the head of the department of national relations in the organization Izz al-Din Kasab. According to the Israeli military, Kassab was a member of Hamas's political bureau and was responsible for the organization's national relations, overseeing coordination and communication between Hamas and other organizations in the Gaza Strip that Israel considers "terrorist."
  83. On 03 January 2025 the IDF said it killed Hamas' internal security chief Hossam Shahwan in a strike in the Al-Mawasi humanitarian zone near the southern Gazan city of Khan Yunis, adding that Shahwan "was hiding among civilians" and that "numerous measures were taken to minimize the risk of civilian casualties, including the use of precision-guided munition, aerial surveillance and further intelligence." According to the IDF, Hamas' internal security apparatus, which Shahwan led, "carried out violent interrogations against Gazans, severely violated human rights and repressed the group's opposition." The Israeli strike in Al-Mawasi killed at least 10 Palestinians, including women and children, and wounded 15. Civlian objects lose their proteccted status when used for militry purposes.
  84. On 18 May 2025, the body of Mohammed Sinwar, the leader of Hamas in Gaza, was reported to have been discovered in a tunnel in the Khan Yunis area. The tunnel had been targeted by the Israeli military. Alongside his body, ten of his Sinwar's aides were also reported to have been found , as well as the body of Mohammed Shabana, commander of the Rafah Brigade in Hamas's military wing.

On 28 October 2023 IDF and Shin Bet published a list of 55 Hamas leaders they claimed to have killed since Oct. 7

In December 2023 IDF distributed to soldiers in Gaza 10,000 unique decks of cards were, each containing 52 images of wanted senior Hamas figures, including the terrorist group's leader in the Gaza Strip Yahya Sinwar and the shadowy chief of its military wing Mohammed Deif.

Starting in the year 2024, the IDF stopped reporting the names of individual commanders killed,



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