Eliminating one of the perpetrators of the Oct. 7 attack; the commander of Hamas’s elite group in southern Gaza was killed; The Israeli army announced that Muhammad Imad al-Rahman Abu Taymiyah, one of the leaders of an “elite” group affiliated with the military wing of the terrorist organization Hamas, was killed in a precise strike in southern the Gaza Strip. According to the Israeli army spokesperson, Abu Taymiyah infiltrated Kibbutz Nirim during the Oct. 7 attack, and afterward, throughout the war, he commanded Hamas’s ambushes by elite forces against Israeli forces. Based on this report, in the recent period he was working to rebuild Hamas’s operational capability, recruit new personnel, and plan fresh terrorist attacks. The Israeli army emphasized that Abu Taymiyah was an immediate threat to forces operating in the area and was eliminated in a precise airstrike. Israeli army forces in southern Gaza continue their operations to neutralize immediate threats.