The Israeli military said on Tuesday it carried out an attack on the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza that eliminated a Hamas commander, and which officials in the enclave said also killed dozens of civilians.
A spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces said its air strike had killed Hamas battalion commander Ibrahim Biari, who he said had played a role in the Palestinian militant group’s deadly rampage through southern Israel on October 7. Israeli officials say more than 1,400 people died in the Hamas assault.
The strike came as Israeli ground forces engaged in fierce battles with Hamas fighters as they advanced on Gaza City, which Israel says is the group’s command hub.