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Additionally, an airstrike on July 24, 2025, in the central Gaza Strip killed Salah al-Din Za\u2018atra, deputy commander of Hamas\u2019s al-Furqan Battalion.<\/p>\n
The IDF<\/a>‘s ground and air units struck more than 130 Hamas positions over the weekend in northern, central, and southern Gaza, killing a senior Hamas field commander and dismantling extensive underground infrastructure, the military announced on Saturday.<\/p>\n Additionally, an airstrike on July 24, 2025, in the central Gaza Strip killed Salah al-Din Za\u2018atra, deputy commander of Hamas\u2019s<\/a> al-Furqan Battalion. Military officials said Za\u2018atra had supervised combat-support operations and planned attacks on Israeli civilians and soldiers.<\/p>\n Intense action was reported first in northern<\/a> and central Gaza,<\/a> where troops of the 99th Division\u2019s Nahal Brigade uncovered several tunnel shafts and used tank fire to kill multiple gunmen.<\/p>\n A few kilometres to the north, reconnaissance teams from the 401st Brigade of the 162nd Division observed four Hamas fighters moving toward IDF lines and directed an aircraft that struck and killed them moments later.<\/p>\n Fighting also flared in the south. There, troops belonging to the Gaza Division (143rd) and the 36th Division methodically demolished tunnels as well as buildings that, the army said, served as rocket storehouses.<\/p>\n