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The Israeli military has announced it has killed the man who commanded Hamas fighters who managed to enter Israel on October 7 and is suspected of being responsible for drone attacks on Israeli military posts.
The Israel Defense Forces on the social network X, formerly known as Twitter, wrote:
"Overnight, IDF warplanes hit Asem Abu Rakaba, the head of Hamas' air group. Abu Rakaba was responsible for Hamas' UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles), drones, hang gliders, reconnaissance air force and defense. He participated in the planning of the October 7 massacre and commanded terrorists who infiltrated Israel by hang-glider and was responsible for drone attacks on Israeli military positions."
Israeli air and ground forces on Friday night (October 27) expanded their attacks on Hamas in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli military said, and the Palestinian militant group confirmed that its fighters were exchanging fire with Israeli forces at several locations along the border with Israel. , included in Bureij.
Palestinian phone company Pailtel says internet service in Gaza has been disrupted due to Israeli bombardment.
The service was disrupted on Friday night, following a series of heavy airstrikes in the territory.
Israel has deployed hundreds of thousands of troops to the border with Gaza, ahead of a possible ground attack against the militant group Hamas.
Israel's defense minister said on Friday that Israel expects to soon launch a long-term and difficult offensive with ground troops in Gaza, adding that the attack will also include the destruction of a number of tunnels used by Hamas militants.
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant told foreign reporters that the attack "will take time" and will be followed by a long phase of lower-intensity fighting for Israel to destroy any points of resistance.
His comments appeared to signal a new phase in the war, three weeks after Hamas' surprise attack on Israel. Israel has retaliated with heavy and continuous bombardment of Gaza.
Israel says it intends to eliminate Hamas, but how it will do so remains unclear. Israel says it does not intend to govern the tiny territory with a population of 2.3 million Palestinians, but not who will govern them, although Mr Gallant hinted that the forces could face a long-term insurgency.
US warplanes, meanwhile, carried out airstrikes on targets in eastern Syria following attacks on US forces by Iran-backed fighters, adding to tensions in the region fueled by the three-week conflict in Gaza.
Since Israel launched airstrikes in response to an attack by the militant group Hamas on October 7, the number of Palestinians killed has risen to more than 7,300. More than 1,400 Israeli residents have been killed, most of them civilians, during the group's surprise attack. Hamas militant, sanctioned as a terrorist organization by the United States.
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