{"id":56311,"date":"2026-01-30T15:43:27","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T20:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/idf-announces-capture-of-one-of-hamass-top-remaining-commanders-during-overnight-operations\/30\/01\/2026\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T15:43:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T20:43:27","slug":"idf-announces-capture-of-one-of-hamass-top-remaining-commanders-during-overnight-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/idf-announces-capture-of-one-of-hamass-top-remaining-commanders-during-overnight-operations\/30\/01\/2026\/","title":{"rendered":"IDF announces capture of one of Hamas&#8217;s top remaining commanders during overnight operations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The capture happened after Friday&#8217;s strike, in which three out of eight Hamas terrorists were killed while leaving a tunnel in Rafah, the military announced.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The IDF announced the capture of one of Hamas&#8217;s top remaining commanders during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/idf-strikes-eight-terrorists-emerging-084336742.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Friday's operation in Rafah;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Friday&#8217;s operation in Rafah<\/a>, where eight terrorists were identified by troops coming up from below the ground, and were then struck by the Israeli air force, successfully killing three of them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">After the strikes, the IDF performed searches in the area and apprehended one of the fleeing terrorists. He was later identified as a key commander in Hamas\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/israel-plans-large-camp-palestinians-223634875.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Eastern Rafah Battalion;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Eastern Rafah Battalion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;IDF troops, together with the ISA, continue searches and additional activities in the area in order to locate and eliminate the additional terrorists,&#8221; the military said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to reports by Army Radio, the other four terrorists identified as leaving the tunnels were not captured, and their location remains unknown.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Hamas members stand at the funeral of Marwan Issa, a senior Hamas deputy military commander who was killed in an Israeli airstrike during the conflict between Israel and Hamas, in the central Gaza Strip, February 7, 2025. (credit: Ramadan Abed\/Reuters)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">IDF strikes Hezbollah in southern Lebanon<\/h3>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Also on Friday, the IDF targeted a Hezbollah terrorist in the Seddiqin area in southern Lebanon, citing several ceasefire violations by the terror organization.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The IDF said in a statement that the terrorist took part in attempts to reestablish military infrastructure sites belonging to Hezbollah.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Strikes in southern Lebanon on Hezbollah infrastructure continued into Friday evening, according to IDF updates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The IDF also identified four armed terrorists on Friday near the Yellow Line, approaching IDF troops in a way that constituted an immediate threat. The troops alerted the Israeli Air Force, which struck and successfully killed the four terrorists.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">IDF held back during Gaza war to protect hostages&#8217; intelligence<\/h3>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">During the Israel-Hamas War, the IDF sometimes avoided killing certain Gazan terrorists who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/idf-deliberately-spared-gazan-terrorists-122736212.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:knew where Israeli hostages were being held;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">knew where Israeli hostages were being held<\/a>, a senior IDF Intelligence Corps commander reported Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This disclosure resolved a two-year mystery of how Israel managed to kill Hamas\u2019s leaders while not losing the ability to locate the hostages. At the start of the war, some officials worried that Hamas leaders Yahya Sinwar and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/tags\/mohammed-deif\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Mohammed Deif;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Mohammed Deif<\/a> might be immune from elimination because they could be the only ones who knew certain hostage information.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThere is always a dual dilemma\u201d about whether to \u201clet security forces kill terrorists to remove a threat\u201d versus intentionally avoiding killing them to continue gaining intelligence from them, or in this case, use them to maintain updated intelligence and rescue possibilities regarding hostages, the IDF Intelligence officer said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>Jeremy Yonah Bob contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/idf-announces-capture-one-hamass-193833583.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The capture happened after Friday&rsquo;s strike, in which three out of eight Hamas terrorists were killed while leaving a tunnel in Rafah,<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/idf-announces-capture-of-one-of-hamass-top-remaining-commanders-during-overnight-operations\/30\/01\/2026\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56312,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/os\/en\/jerusalem_post_articles_818\/42235218b6b4c641e4193624ae520395","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56311"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56311\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}