IDF Says More Than 10 Terrorists Killed in Gaza This Week, Weapons Workshop Destroyed

The IDF and Israel Security Agency said Friday that strikes across the Gaza Strip during the preceding week killed more than 10 terrorists and destroyed a weapons workshop. Their joint announcement said those targeted had advanced attacks against Israeli civilians and troops and worked to rebuild Hamas's capabilities, in what the agencies described as systematic violations of the ceasefire. The statement identified Muhammad Ata Zaki Kishawi as a Nukhba operative in Hamas's military wing who entered Israeli territory during the October 7 massacre. It also named Hani Ibrahim Said Khudri, described as a supply company commander in Hamas's Sabra Battalion, as another operative who entered Israel during the massacre. A third operative, Ali Na'im Aish Abu Asei of the Saif al-Islam faction, was involved in manufacturing weapons, according to the announcement. The agencies said the destroyed workshop operated under the production headquarters of Hamas's military wing and manufactured weapons intended to harm Israeli civilians and soldiers. Before the strikes, the military took measures to reduce civilian harm, including the use of precision munitions and aerial surveillance, the statement said. Security forces under Southern Command remain deployed in accordance with the agreement and “will continue to operate to remove any threat,” the agencies said.