Israel has claimed responsibility for killing a Hamas commander named Muhammad Naim Zandia in an airstrike in Gaza. According to the Israeli military, Zandia served as the head of military security for Hamas’s Shuja'iyya Battalion. The army announced on Telegram that the operation took place on Wednesday.

The Israeli military further alleged that Zandia had been involved in the October 7, 2023 attack, during which he reportedly kidnapped three Israelis and held them in an underground tunnel. The army stated that Israeli forces later mistakenly shot and killed those captives, believing them to be Palestinians. Hamas has not issued any comment regarding Zandia’s reported killing.

The report was sourced from Al Jazeera, and no independent confirmation or further details were provided in the source text.