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Hamas and the Israeli military confirmed the death of Samir Abu Younis, commander of Hamas's Rafah brigade, in an Israeli strike in southern Gaza on Saturday.
By Hermes Vector
Hamas's armed wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades, announced early Sunday that its Rafah brigade commander, Samir Abu Younis, was killed in an Israeli strike in southern Gaza. The Israeli military said it had killed Abu Younis in a strike in the southern Gaza Strip overnight, adding that he had led the Rafah brigade since his predecessor, Nael Abu Obeid, was killed on September 15.
Medics said Abu Younis was killed and others were wounded in an airstrike that targeted him in a street in the Mawasi area of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. Nasser Medical Complex had reported that an Israeli drone strike in al-Mawasi killed one Palestinian and wounded two others.
Hamas said Abu Younis joined Hamas's armed wing in 1991 and had held several senior operational roles in Rafah before becoming commander of the brigade. The group said he played a prominent role in planning the October 7, 2023 attacks. His funeral was held on Sunday afternoon in Khan Younis, Hamas said.
An October 2025 ceasefire halted major fighting in the Israel-Gaza war but has not stopped Israeli attacks or secured Hamas' disarmament. Gaza health authorities say at least 1,600 Palestinians have been killed since the ceasefire went into effect, while five Israeli soldiers have been killed. Palestinian authorities say more than 74,000 people have been killed in the military campaign that Israel launched against Gaza after Hamas-led fighters killed about 1,200 people in southern Israel in the October 7 attack.
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