Israeli army says it killed Hamas commander in Rafah strike

Israel’s military said it has killed Muhammad Jawad Muhammad al-Bawab, who it described as the commander of Hamas’s Eastern Rafah Battalion, in a strike on Sunday. It said it also killed three others, including his deputy Ismail Kanaan Abd al-Hay Abu Labdeh.

The army said Bawab was targeted as he emerged from underground infrastructure in eastern Rafah. It named the other men killed as security guard Abdullah Azi Ahmed Hama and regional platoon leader Tawfiq Khaled Tawfiq Salem.

Hamas has not commented on the Israeli claims.