The IDF and Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) killed Hamas commander Jamal Mahmoud Abu Kamil in a targeted strike in Gaza City on Thursday, according to a statement from the military.<\/p>\n
Abu Kamil was among the terrorists who invaded Israeli territory on October 7, 2023<\/a>, and he continued to work toward the goal of harming Israeli soldiers and civilians over the past three years, the IDF said.\u00a0<\/p>\n IDF sources told The Jerusalem Post that the cell was not extremely senior, but was in the process of planning and shortly carrying out an operation against the IDF.<\/p>\n According to those sources, since the US-Hamas deal, the IDF has halted attacks on Hamas members who were involved in the October 7 invasion and on other strategic Hamas assets or leaders, but it is still carrying out attacks against operatives who it knows are moving toward an attack.<\/p>\n Israeli forces in Lebanon<\/a> located and neutralized a booby-trapped structure near the village of Mansouri on Wednesday, the military said in a Thursday statement.\u00a0<\/p>\n