IDF Eliminates Hamas Platoon Commander Who Raided Israel on October 7

The IDF said an airstrike in northern Gaza killed Nihad Riyad Abd al-Rahim Arouq, a platoon commander in Hamas's Shati Battalion. Arouq took part in the October 7 attack on Israel and, throughout the war and recently, trained terrorists and tried to advance attack plans against Israeli troops and civilians. The military said he posed a threat to forces operating in Gaza and was eliminated in a precise airstrike. Southern Command forces remain deployed under the agreement and will continue acting to remove immediate threats.