IDF spokesperson: The IDF eliminated a key terrorist from the heads of the general security apparatus of the terrorist organization Hamas in Rafah
Fighter jets of the Air Force, under the intelligence guidance of the Intelligence Division, attacked and killed last night (Thursday) Salama Muhammad Abu Ajaj, the head of the general security apparatus of the terrorist organization Hamas in the Rafah area.
The General Security Mechanism is a body that serves as a "shell" for the military arm of Hamas, and has central roles in ensuring the survival of the organization, the ongoing military conduct of Hamas, and the disruption of the IDF's freedom of action in the Gaza Strip.
As part of his activities, Ajaj acted in favor of the continued establishment and military strengthening of the terrorist organization in the Rafah area.
The claim that as a result of the attack the terrorist Iyad Al-Ma'ari, the mayor of the North Nuzirat municipality, was also killed.
Iyad Al-Ma'ari was a terrorist with a rich past in the terrorist organization Hamas, Al-Ma'ari operated in the past as part of the "West Bank headquarters" of the terrorist organization Hamas and in the past took a significant part in directing attacks in the Judea & Samaria area.