In a joint statement, the Israeli army and the Israeli Security Agency (ISA) said the attacks Wednesday killed Abdallah Abu Shamala, described as the head of Hamas’ Naval Array, and Fadi Abu Mustafa, identified as the chief constructor of the battalion’s Tunnel Network in the Khan Yunis Brigade.
The statement also accused Abu Mustafa of taking part in holding Israeli hostages captive, including Nimrod Cohen and David Cunio.
In a separate statement, the army and the ISA said Hamas member Marwan al-Hams was apprehended in July during a special operation.
The statement said al-Hams was involved in determining the death of Lt. Hadar Goldin, an Israeli soldier killed in the 2014 Gaza war, and was believed to know the location of Goldin’s remains in a Rafah tunnel.
“The operation in July 2025 was part of dozens of confidential operations conducted in the past 6 months to retrieve Lt. Hadar Goldin & return him for burial in Israel,” it noted.
Palestinian Killed Beyond the Yellow Line
The Israeli army on Friday killed a Palestinian west of the “yellow line” in an area of Khan Younis that it does not occupy, as its forces simultaneously carried out large-scale demolitions and opened fire east of the line in the Gaza Strip.
A displaced man was killed by Israeli army fire outside the yellow line (in areas where Palestinians are allowed to be under the ceasefire) south of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Nasser Hospital said in a statement.
On an almost daily basis, Israel breaches the ceasefire agreement it signed with the Palestinian group Hamas, which went into effect in Gaza on Oct. 10.
As part of these violations, Israel has killed 312 Palestinians and wounded 760 others since Oct. 11, the Gaza Health Ministry said in a statement on Thursday.
Overnight, the Israeli army carried out a massive demolition operation in the areas it occupies east of Gaza City, accompanied by heavy tank fire inside the same line south of Khan Younis, witnesses said.
The “yellow line” separates the areas controlled by the Israeli army, covering more than 50% of the Gaza Strip in the east, from the areas where Palestinians are allowed to move in the west.
Since October 2023, the Israeli army has killed nearly 70,000 people in Gaza, mostly women and children, injured over 170,800, and reduced the enclave to rubble.
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