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The Israeli army announced on Friday that it had eliminated a commander in the elite forces of the military wing of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, who participated in the October 7, 2023 attack.

Israeli forces carried out a raid on southern Gaza Strip and killed Yahya Hamdan, the commander of the elite forces of Hamas's military wing, who attacked the Re'im military base on October 7, 2023, according to the Israeli army statement.

The statement added: 'Hamdan carried out attacks against Israeli army forces in recent months and was working to restore Hamas's operational capabilities,' noting that 'he posed an immediate threat and was eliminated in a precise airstrike.'

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Israel has been conducting repeated airstrikes on Gaza since reaching a ceasefire with Hamas brokered by the US last October.

Israel says it is targeting militants who threaten its forces or who participated in the attack on Israel in October 2023.

Hamas accuses Israel of violating the ceasefire, and the United Nations peace envoy to Gaza, Nikolay Mladenov, said both sides are violating the agreement.

Since the ceasefire took effect nine months ago, statistics from both sides indicate that more than 1,080 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, most of them civilians, while four Israeli soldiers have been killed. Hamas does not disclose its death toll, according to Reuters.

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