Following an airstrike in Gaza, leader Abu Zayda – who served in the highest-ranking position in the ISIS terror organisation in the Gaza Strip – has been ‘eliminated’, Israel claims.
Muhammad Abd al-Aziz Abu Zayda has been ‘eliminated’ according to the IDF.
Israel claims the leader of ISIS has been ‘eliminated’ during a deadly airstrike in Gaza.
The official X account of the Israel Defense Forces says Muhammad Abd al-Aziz Abu Zayda – a key figure within the Jihadist militant group – has been killed. In a statement tonight, they announced the news on social media.
It comes days after Israel forces conducted a series of strikes on a former army barracks in Kiswa, miles from the Syrian capital of Damascus, according to Syria’s state-run al-Ekhbariya TV.
It read: “During the past week, the IDF attacked and eliminated using aircraft, led by Southern Command and guided by Military Intelligence, the head of the “Palestine” district in the ISIS terror organization in the Gaza Strip, the terrorist Muhammad Abd al-Aziz Abu Zayda, in the Al-Bureij area.
The ISIS leader is said to have been wiped out in an IDF airstrike on Gaza (Image: Anadolu via Getty Images)
“Abu Zayda served in the highest-ranking position in the ISIS terror organization in the Gaza Strip, and was responsible for setting policy, planning, and executing the organization’s methods of operation in the areas of Judea and Samaria, the Gaza Strip, and Sinai.
“The ISIS terror organization took an active part in the fighting against IDF forces in the Strip, and also operated to transfer combat equipment and to raise significant terror funding from the areas of Judea and Samaria to the Gaza Strip. The IDF will continue to act with determination and force against the terror organizations in the Strip.”
It went on to say: “The IDF continues the series of targeted eliminations of terrorists from the “Radwan” Force in the terrorist organization Hezbollah Earlier today, an Air Force aircraft, guided by Northern Command, struck and eliminated the terrorist Ahmed Na’im Matuk in the Sir al-Arabiya area in southern Lebanon.
“The terrorist served as the head of a battalion headquarters of the “Radwan” Force of the terrorist organization Hezbollah, and during the war, he advanced numerous terror plots against the State of Israel. The terrorist’s actions constituted a violation of the understandings between Israel and Lebanon. The IDF will continue to operate in order to remove any threat to the State of Israel.”
Smoke billows after an Israeli strike in Al-Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip (Image: AFP via Getty Images)
Israel has declared Gaza City a ‘dangerous combat zone’ as it launched its long-awaited ground offensive on the stricken community. Attacks on the outskirts of the central Gaza quarter have begun while tank fire and airstrikes have escalated on the Strip’s largest urban centre with one million Palestinians.
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