The commander of Hamas’s Eastern Rafah Battalion, as well as the deputy commander, were among four terrorists eliminated by Israeli forces on Sunday, the Israeli Defense Forces Spokesperson’s Unit said on Thursday.

The incident took place on Sunday, and the identities of the slain terrorists were confirmed following an intelligence analysis.

The battalion commander was identified as Muhammad Jawad Muhammad al-Bawab, “who oversaw the planning of the infiltration of the battalion’s terrorists into communities in the southern Negev during the [Oct. 7, 2023] massacre,” the military said.

His deputy commander, Ismail Kanaan Abd al-Hay Abu Labdeh, helped oversee the invasion, according to the IDF.

The third terrorist, Abdullah Azi Ahmed Hamad, operated as a security guard for the battalion

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