A top commander in Hamas’s naval police and a Hamas terrorist who invaded Israel during the October 7, 2023, onslaught were among four terrorists killed in recent strikes in the Gaza Strip, the Israel Defense Forces announced Sunday.

A strike on Friday targeted Mansour Sami Mahmoud Shahtout, the commander of Hamas’s naval police in the Central Camps, according to the military.

Two other commanders in the naval police who were with Shahtout in the targeted vehicle were killed in the strike, the military said.

The IDF said the naval police “operates under Hamas’s military wing and advances and directs terror attacks against IDF troops and the State of Israel.”

The IDF said Shahtout recently worked to advance attacks on Israeli troops. All three operatives “were traveling in a vehicle while armed with weapons, and as such posed a threat to IDF troops operating in the Gaza Strip,” the army added.

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