Hamas announces Rafah brigade commander killed in Israeli attack

Hamas' armed wing announced early Sunday that Rafah brigade commander Samir Mahmoud Abu Younis was killed in an Israeli attack on southern Gaza.

The Al-Qassam Brigades said Abu Younis, a member of the group's General Military Council, was killed in the Al-Mawasi area of ​​Khan Younis.

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Earlier, the Israeli army said it had carried out a joint raid with the Shin Bet security agency targeting a senior member of Hamas' armed wing, without disclosing the individual's identity.

The Nasser Medical Complex reported that an Israeli drone strike in Al-Mawasi killed one Palestinian and injured two others.

Abu Younis led the Rafah brigade which was previously led by Nael Abu Obeid, who was killed in an Israeli attack on Khan Younis.

According to data released by the Gaza Ministry of Health, Israeli violations of the ceasefire, which came into effect on October 10, 2025, have killed 1,643 Palestinians and injured 5,964.

Since October 2023, Israel's genocidal war on Gaza has killed more than 74,000 Palestinians and injured more than 176,000, most of them women and children, according to the ministry.

The war has also destroyed around 90 percent of Gaza's infrastructure, while the UN estimates reconstruction costs at around US$71.4 billion.