Israel Defense Forces ✔

Joint IDF and ISA announcement: The IDF and ISA eliminated a senior official in the Hamas terrorist organization’s General Security Mechanism in the Gaza Strip Earlier today (Tuesday), the IDF and ISA, guided by intelligence, struck in the Gaza City area and eliminated Akram Bassam Shaaban Yassin, a senior official in the Hamas terrorist organization’s General Security Mechanism in the Gaza Strip. The General Security Mechanism is a central, covert Hamas apparatus responsible for protecting senior Hamas officials. Its senior officials are responsible for securing and transporting Hamas leaders between emergency facilities and compiling intelligence assessments, including intelligence on security forces, to support the organization’s leadership in decision-making and carrying out terrorist attack plans against Israel. This elimination follows an IDF strikes four months ago in which senior officials in the Hamas terrorist organization’s General Security Mechanism were eliminated. Yassin’s elimination is part of a series of targeted eliminations in the Gaza Strip intended to weaken the General Security Mechanism in the Gaza Strip. Recently, the terrorist advanced terror attacks against IDF troops and Israeli civilians and attempted to restore Hamas’ military capabilities, in systematic violation of the ceasefire. The terrorist was eliminated in an aerial strike to remove the threat. Prior to the strike, measures were taken to mitigate harm to civilians, including the use of precision munitions and aerial surveillance. The security forces under the Southern Command remain deployed in the area in accordance with the agreement and will continue to operate to remove any immediate threat.