Hamas has suffered significant casualties within its ranks over the course of the 2023 conflict with Israel

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Hamas has suffered significant casualties within its ranks over the course of the 2023 conflict with Israel

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In a statement, the military wing of Hamas, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, said Ahmed Ghandour, the commander of its northern Gaza brigade; Ayman Siam, the head of Hamas’s rocket firing array; as well as Wael Rajab and Raafat Salman were killed.

The Israeli military released a photo of Hamas military leaders with five circled in red and labeled “eliminated.” They included the chief of Hamas’s aerial division and two battalion commanders.

Israel said it has killed about half of Hamas’s midlevel commanders in Gaza and is pressing on the suspected hiding place of the group’s leader, deploying a deliberate strategy to disrupt the militants’ ability to fight in the enclave.

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A significant amount of Hamas's commanders were killed in the 2023 conflict between Israel and Hamas

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Israel - Hamas 2023