Top Hamas terror leader killed in 'precise strike' by Israel: IDF

The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said it has killed a apical Hamas person liable for arming terrorists with weapons utilized to transportation retired attacks against Israeli civilians and IDF troops. 

Muhammad al-‘Ajlah, the commandant of Hamas’ Shejaiya battalion, was taken retired successful a "precise strike" connected Sunday, the IDF said Tuesday.

The Shejaiya battalion is simply a subject portion wrong Hamas’s equipped helping that operates chiefly successful the Shejaiya vicinity of Gaza City, which has historically been a stronghold for Hamas and a focal constituent of aggravated warring during Israeli subject operations.

Muhammad al-‘Ajlah, the commandant of Hamas’ Shejaiya battalion, taken retired successful a "precise strike" connected Sunday, the IDF said Tuesday. (IDF)

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Al-‘Ajlah is the 5th commandant of the Shejaiya battalion to beryllium eliminated since the opening of the warfare and the 3rd since the commencement of the renewed operations successful Gaza, the IDF said. 

"Muhammad al-‘Ajlah served arsenic the commandant of a combat enactment institution successful the Shejaiya battalion passim the warfare and was eliminated successful a precise onslaught connected Sunday night," the IDF said successful a connection Tuesday.

"Prior to the strike, galore steps were taken to mitigate the hazard of harming civilians, including issuing precocious warnings to civilians, precise munitions, and aerial surveillance."

The apical Hamas leaders killed by Israel during the war. (IDF)

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The Shejaiya battalion has been known to usage municipality guerrilla warfare, tunnels, IEDs and rocket launches arsenic portion of its operations, according to the IDF and reports.  

In October, Hamas panic main Yahya Sinwar was killed during an Israeli subject cognition successful the Gaza Strip, with chilling video capturing his last moments. 

Hamas’ apical subject commander, Mohammad Deif, was killed during a onslaught successful July 2024. Deif initiated, planned and executed the October 7th panic attacks along with Sinwar, according to the IDF.

The sidesplitting of al-‘Ajlah connected Sunday comes amid a resumption of the warfare connected March 18 pursuing a two-month ceasefire. 

The latest circular of talks on Monday successful Cairo to reconstruct the ceasefire and escaped Israeli hostages ended with nary evident breakthrough, Palestinian and Egyptian sources said.

Emaciated Israeli hostages, from near to the right, Ohad Ben Ami, Eli Sharabi and Or Levy, who were held hostage by Hamas successful Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023, are taken by terrorists to a signifier earlier being handed implicit to the Red Cross successful Deir al-Balah successful the cardinal Gaza Strip connected Feb. 8, 2025.  (AP/Abdel Kareem Hana)

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Hamas insists Israel perpetrate to ending the warfare and propulsion retired its forces from the Gaza Strip arsenic agreed successful the three-phase ceasefire accord that went into effect successful precocious January.

Israel has said it volition not extremity the warfare unless Hamas is eliminated and returns the remaining hostages held successful Gaza.

Israel says that determination are inactive 59 hostages successful captivity, of whom Israel believes 35 are dead. Thirty-three hostages were released during the latest ceasefire; 251 were initially captured during the Oct. 7, 2023 attacks. 

Reuters contributed to this report.