The Israeli military has named three Hamas members it “eliminated” in airstrikes over the past week, Al Jazeera reports.

In a situational update, the army said fighter jets had hit central Gaza and killed Mansour Adil Mansour Kashlan, who they said was involved in coordinating “terror attacks” in Israel and the occupied West Bank.

Also in central Gaza, Walid Abed Abu Dalal, who reportedly served as the head of the technology department in Hamas’s internal security forces, was killed.

The army said Hamas’ technology department and internal security forces “comprise a significant part of Hamas’ counter-espionage and the ability to attack IDF troops in the Gaza Strip”.

In the Nuseriat area, the army announced it killed Tareq Darwish, a key “operative in Hamas’s Aerial Array of the Nuseriat Battalion.”

“Darwish directed and carried out terror attacks against Israel. His elimination took place following Hamas Aerial Array’s terrorist activity over the past month, including attempts to impede IDF aerial operations,” the army said.

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