A Hamas commander and three other terrorists equipped with a slain Israeli soldier’s rifle were killed trying to escape a Gaza tunnel housing dozens of trapped operatives , the IDF said Sunday.

The terrorists were spotted emerging from a tunnel under Israeli control in eastern Rafah early Sunday and taken out by nearby Israel Defense Force soldiers and the Israeli Air Force.

Israeli Col. Arik Moyal appeared on social media to announce the attack, which killed the commander of Hamas’ East Rafah Battalion, his deputy, a company commander and the son of senior Hamas official Ghazi Hamad .

Moyal is seen in the footage holding a Tavor assault rifle recovered from the slain terrorists, which he said belonged to Staff Sgt. Or Mizrahi, an IDF soldier killed during the Oct. 7, 2023, massac

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