The IDF said it carried out a targeted airstrike on Tuesday in the Khan Younis area of Gaza, killing a senior operative in Palestinian Islamic Jihad who it said posed an immediate threat to Israeli forces in the Strip. The man killed was identified as Adam Mohammed Ibrahim Abu Hadid.
According to the military, Abu Hadid served as a commander in the weapons-production apparatus of PIJ’s military wing and was involved in advancing the manufacture of arms intended to harm IDF soldiers and Israeli civilians. The IDF said the production system is responsible for making and supplying all weapons for the organization’s military wing, and that Abu Hadid took part in several parts of that network, including efforts to produce additional weapons.
The army said the strike was part of its ongoing campaign to eliminate threats to troops operating in Gaza. It described the operation as a precise strike meant to remove an immediate danger and prevent Abu Hadid from continuing his work in weapons production. The IDF also said that forces in the Southern Command are deployed in line with the ceasefire agreement but will continue acting against any threat.
The killing comes amid a wider series of recent Israeli operations in the enclave. In recent days, the IDF has killed several senior militants from Hamas and PIJ, including men involved in the October 7 attack and in holding hostages, and has also struck additional Hamas operatives accused of advancing terror attacks and violating the ceasefire. Over the past few weeks, the army says it has killed dozens of militants who breached the truce and destroyed hundreds of terror sites, including kilometer-long underground routes and weapons-production facilities. Last week, it also destroyed a PIJ explosives factory in northern Gaza.
