Joint Statement from the IDF Spokesperson and the Shin Bet Spokesperson: To Remove the Threat: The IDF and Shin Bet Eliminated the Commander of the “Yabneh” Battalion in the Rafah Brigade of the Hamas Terrorist Organization. The IDF and Shin Bet attacked yesterday (Sunday).

For approximately 20 years, he was a central figure in the smuggling apparatus of the terrorist organization. In his roles, Abu Fakher managed and directed the smuggling of weapons into the Gaza Strip, and led the supply of many means required for the continued terrorist activity of Hamas’s military wing. IDF forces in the Southern Command are deployed in the area in accordance with the agreement and will continue to operate to remove any immediate threat.