The IDF early Tuesday morning precisely struck significant Hamas terrorists who were operating from within a command-and-control center located in the “Nasser” hospital in Khan Yunis.
The IDF Spokesperson’s Unit said that the compound was used by the terrorists to plan and execute terrorist attacks against Israeli civilians and IDF troops.
The successor of the head of the Hamas government in the Gaza Strip and head of Hamas' finances and institutions, Ismail Barhoum, who was eliminated in a precise strike this past March, operated from within the Nasser hospital, the IDF said.
“Senior Hamas officials continue to use the hospital for terrorist activity, through cynical and brutal use of the civilian population in the hospital and its surroundings,” the IDF statement said.
It noted that prior to the strike, numerous steps were taken to minimize the risk of harming civilians, including the use of precise munitions, aerial surveillance, and additional intelligence.
“The IDF and ISA will continue to operate against the Hamas terrorist organization in order to protect the civilians of the State of Israel,” said the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit.
Palestinian Arab media reported that Gazan "journalist" Hassan Aslih was eliminated in the Khan Yunis strike. Aslih, who operated on October 7 under the guise of a media worker, broadcast live images of a burning tank near the border fence.
From
Joe Truzman
Now that Hassan Esliah — the most famous journalist in Gaza — has been killed in an Israeli airstrike at Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, I feel compelled to share what I’ve learned after years of observing him and others in Gaza’s media scene.
Esliah wasn’t just a journalist with a camera. He was a fixture on the front lines, always there when rockets were fired, when
terrorists launched incendiary-laden balloons towards Israel and, of course, the October 7 massacre.
What struck me most over the years wasn’t just his proximity to the action, it was the consistency with which he appeared at scenes that seemed orchestrated, not stumbled upon. He moved with a kind of access that ordinary journalists did not have. He wasn’t guessing where the story was. He knew.
It was back in 2018 when I realized that Esliah was more than just a journalist. Hamas was increasingly relying on members of the press in Gaza to document acts of violence carried out by its operatives near the border with Israel. But there was a catch, these events had to appear as spontaneous popular unrest, not as coordinated actions by terrorist groups. The media’s role wasn’t just to report the story; it was to shape the narrative that Hamas wanted.
Thus, Esliah and other journalists routinely accompanied terrorists and documented their acts to publish online for Israel to see. This was an orchestrated propaganda campaign by terrorist groups and Esliah was heavily involved.
With Esliah's death, many will remember him as a journalist who died in a war zone. But those of us who’ve paid attention know that his story and that of other journalists
in Gaza is far more complicated.
Keep tabs on my posts. In the near future, I will publish interesting information about the dual roles some people play in Gaza and their connection to terrorist groups.
