IDF Eliminates Hamas Battalion Sniper Chief in Central Gaza

IDF forces struck central Gaza on Wednesday and eliminated Omar Ahmed Abu Qassem, a battalion-level sniper chief in Hamas’s military wing, the military announced Thursday. The IDF said Abu Qassem had helped carry out terrorist attack plans against Israeli troops throughout the war. In recent weeks, he worked to rebuild Hamas’s military wing and advance further attacks against IDF forces in violation of the ceasefire agreement. Southern Command forces remain deployed in the area under the agreement and will continue acting to remove immediate threats, according to the military.