The Israeli Army and the country’s domestic security agency, Shin Bet, announced that in an attack on the city of Gaza, Romi Kohen, the deputy commander of a Hamas-affiliated cell, was killed.

According to the Israeli army, he played a role in the October 7 attack and, after the killing of the former commander of the cell, took charge of it. It was also announced that he operated at Shifa Hospital under the cover of a doctor.