Hamas commander in southern Gaza, implicated in planning the 7 October attacks; killed in an Israeli airstrike during a Gaza ceasefire.
The Israel Defense Forces has said it has killed Samir Abu Younis, 53, the commander of Hamas’s Rafah brigade, in an overnight airstrike in the Mawasi area of Khan Younis. Hamas’s military wing has confirmed his death and said his funeral will be held on Sunday afternoon in Khan Younis. The strike wounded others.