{"id":4479,"date":"2026-11-15T16:03:48","date_gmt":"2026-11-15T11:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=4479"},"modified":"2026-11-15T16:03:48","modified_gmt":"2026-11-15T11:03:48","slug":"hamas-confirms-death-of-senior-commander-in-israeli-air-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=4479","title":{"rendered":"Hamas confirms death of senior commander in Israeli air strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>Hamas said on Sunday \u200bthat a senior commander had been killed in an Israeli air strike, with the Israeli military confirming his death.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Samir Abu Younis, 53, the commander of \u200bthe Rafah brigade, was killed on Saturday, said Al Qassam Brigades, which is linked to Hamas.<\/p>\n<p>The Israeli military \u2060said it had killed Abu Younis in a strike in \u200bthe southern Gaza Strip overnight, adding that he had led the Rafah \u200bbrigade since his predecessor, Nael Abu Obeid, was killed on September 15.<\/p>\n<p>Medics said Abu Younis was killed and others were wounded in an air strike that targeted \u200bhim in a street in the Mawasi area of Khan Younis \u200bin the southern Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n<p>Hamas said Abu Younis joined Al Qassam Brigades in \u200c1991 \u2060and had held several senior operational roles in Rafah before becoming commander of the group.<\/p>\n<p>His funeral will be held on Sunday afternoon in Khan Younis, Hamas said.<\/p>\n<p>An October 2025 ceasefire halted major fighting in \u200bthe <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"link--external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/israel-hamas\/\"><u>Israel-Gaza war<\/u><\/a> but \u200bhas not stopped \u2060Israeli attacks.<\/p>\n<p>At least 1,600 Palestinians have been killed \u200bin Gaza since the ceasefire went into effect, while 5 Israeli \u200bsoldiers have \u2060been killed.<\/p>\n<p>More than 74,000 people have been killed in the Israeli military campaign in Gaza since the 2023 attack.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hamas said on Sunday \u200bthat a senior commander had been killed in an Israeli air strike, with the Israeli military confirming his death. Samir Abu Younis, 53, the commander of \u200bthe Rafah brigade, was killed on Saturday, said Al Qassam Brigades, which is linked to Hamas. The Israeli military \u2060said it had killed Abu Younis in a strike in \u200bthe southern Gaza Strip overnight, adding that he had led the Rafah \u200bbrigade since his predecessor, Nael Abu Obeid, was killed on September 15. Medics said Abu Younis was killed and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4479\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}