The IDF and Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) struck Shejaiya in Gaza, killing terrorist Muhammad al-‘Ajlah, the military said on Tuesday.
Al-‘Ajlah succeeded Haitham Rizq Abd al-Karim Sheikh Khalil as commander of Hamas's Shejaiya battalion. Khalil was killed last week.
Al-‘Ajlah was the fifth commander of Hamas's Shejaiya battalion to be killed since the beginning of the Israel-Hamas war and the third since the start of the renewed operations in Gaza, the military noted.
Who was al-‘Ajlah?
According to the IDF, al-‘Ajlah served as the commander of a combat support company in the Shejaiya battalion and was responsible for arming the battalion's terrorists with weapons used to carry out terror attacks against Israeli civilians and IDF soldiers.