#rafa'a salameh

[eretzyisrael]

by Emanuel Fabian

The IDF and Shin Bet in a joint statement officially confirm that Rafa’a Salameh, the commander of Hamas’s Khan Younis Brigade, was killed in yesterday’s strike in the southern Gaza Strip.

The IDF says Salameh was “one of the closest associates” of Muhammad Deif, the chief of the terror group’s military wing, and “was one of the masterminds of the October 7 massacre.”

His killing is a “significant blow to the military capabilities of Hamas,” the IDF says.

Deif was also at the targeted site, although the IDF has yet to receive final confirmation he was killed in the attack.

Salameh, according to the IDF, joined Hamas in the early 1990s, and was later appointed to command the Khan Younis Brigade’s al-Qarara Battalion.

The IDF says he “played a significant role” in the abduction of IDF soldier Gilad Shilat in 2006, and in the 2014 war, was in command of Hamas’s “combat support and defensive plans.”

In 2016 he replaced Mohammed Sinwar, the brother of the Hamas leader in Gaza Yahya Sinwar, as the head of the Khan Younis Brigade, according to the military.

In addition to numerous rocket attacks on Israel, he was also in command of two attack tunnels that were struck during the May 2021 war, the IDF adds.

[workersolidarity]

🇵🇸🇮🇱 🚨 ISRAELI OCCUPATION ANNOUNCES BOUNTIES ON THE HEADS OF HAMAS LEADERSHIP

The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) announced a set of bounties for information on the whereabouts of the leadership of the Palestinian Hamas Resistance movement, reportedly dropping flyers across the Gaza Strip.

According to an IOF pamphlet, circulated on social media Thursday, the bounties offer $400'000 for information on the location of Yahya Sinwar, who leads Hamas in Gaza.

The pamphlet, whose authenticity has not yet been confirmed, displays a phone number and Telegram contact, along with the promise of confidentiality.

The flyer also offers lower amounts for information on lesser Hamas leaders and officials, including $300'000 for Muhammad Sinwar, Yahya's brother, who commands the Southern Brigade; $200'000 for information on Rafa'a Salameh Commander of the Khan Yunis Battalion; and $100'000 for information on Muhammad Deif, Commander of Hamas's military wing, a survivor of multiple assassination attempts.

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@WorkerSolidarityNews