The Israel Defense Forces on Friday announced that three Hamas commanders were killed in airstrikes in Gaza, including one who raided the IDF’s Re’im base in southern Israel during the October 7, 2023, onslaught that sparked the subsequent war in the Strip.

Yahya Saeed Mohammed Hamdan, the commander of a cell in Hamas’s elite Nukhba Force, was killed in southern Gaza on Thursday, the military announced.

On October 7, Hamdan raided the Re’im base, which houses the headquarters of the IDF’s Gaza Division, according to the military.

Recently, Hamdan worked to advance attacks on troops, as well as to restore Hamas’s capabilities, and therefore, he “posed an immediate threat,” the IDF said.

A separate strike Thursday killed Osama Walid Deeb Muhareb, who was identified by the military as a company commander in Hamas’s Nuseirat Battalion.

Recently, Muhareb “stored explosive devices that were intended to be used against IDF troops,” the military said.

And a strike on Wednesday in northern Gaza killed Khalil Jamal Khalil Manna, whom the IDF identified as a commander in Hamas’s weapons production division.

Both Muhareb and Manna “posed a threat” to IDF troops and were therefore targeted in strikes, the army said.

The IDF in recent months has ramped up strikes on terror operatives in Gaza, saying they posed a threat to Israeli forces.

IDF demolishes five Hamas tunnels in north Gaza

Separately, the IDF said it recently demolished five Hamas tunnels spanning some two kilometers (1.2 miles) in the northern Gaza Strip, on the Israeli side of the ceasefire line. The demolition operations were led by reservists of the 14th Armored Brigade.

The IDF says it recently demolished five Hamas tunnels spanning some two kilometres in the northern Gaza Strip, on the Israeli side of the ceasefire line. The demolition operations were led reservists of the 14th Armored Brigade. The brigade has now been withdrawn from Gaza and… pic.twitter.com/p1lxdgWOB5 — Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian (@manniefabian) July 10, 2026

The IDF says it recently demolished five Hamas tunnels spanning some two kilometres in the northern Gaza Strip, on the Israeli side of the ceasefire line.

The demolition operations were led reservists of the 14th Armored Brigade. The brigade has now been withdrawn from Gaza and… pic.twitter.com/p1lxdgWOB5

— Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian (@manniefabian) July 10, 2026

The brigade has now been withdrawn from Gaza and replaced by the 179th Armored Brigade.

Defense Minister Israel Katz said this week that the IDF had demolished 83 percent of Hamas........

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