The Israeli Defense Forces confirmed that on the night of October 15, Billal Al-Kedru, one of the Hamas special forces commanders who led the bloody attack a week ago, was killed.
The battalion commander of the so-called Nukhba unit, operating in the south of Khan Yunis, killed in an airstrike.
– He was responsible for the bloody raids on Kibbutz Nirim and Nir Oz, the IDF said.
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Several other Hamas and Islamic Jihad militants were killed along with him .
In total, IDF aircraft hit more than 100 targets last night, including Hamas command centers, military camps, dozens of rocket launchers, anti-tank missile launch sites and observation posts, as well as Islamic Jihad command centers.< /p>
Today the Israel Defense Forces also announced a rocket attack in the north of the country from Syria. In response, the IDF opened fire with artillery. There are no reports of injuries or destruction.
According to preliminary information, Israel's retaliatory strike on Syria hit the airfield in Aleppo.
