### [2026-07-17](/feed/2026/07/17/index.md)

##### Gaza war
# The Israel Defense Forces and Shin Bet confirm that they have killed Hamas commander Anas Mahmoud Ahmad Hamdan, who served as a “right-hand man” of former Al-Qassam Brigades commander Mohammed Deif, in a airstrike in the Khan Yunis city of the southern Gaza Strip. 




### Sources:

1. [The Times of Israel](https://www.timesofisrael.com/top-hamas-aide-who-held-hostages-during-war-killed-in-strike-on-khan-younis/)

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