Senior intelligence official of Hamas Bureij Battalion killed in Gaza airstrike, says IDF | World News

The Israeli military on Friday announced that a high-ranking military commander of Hamas was killed in an airstrike in Gaza. According to the IDF, Sim Mahmoud Yusuf Abu Alkhir, the Deputy Head of Military Intelligence in Hamas’ Bureij Battalion, was eliminated in an airstrike in northern Gaza.

🔴 ELIMINATED: Sim Mahmoud Yusuf Abu Alkhir, Deputy Head of Military Intelligence in Hamas’ Bureij Battalion, was eliminated in an IDF strike in northern Gaza.
Additionally, over ten terrors were eliminated & 20+ military infrastructure sites dismantled. In Gaza City, IDF…
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) September 19, 2025
Hamas commander killed in Gaza
Alkhir was involved in executing attacks against Israeli soldiers, the IDF said, while adding that the airstrike was carried out the 99th Division’s 990th Reserve Artillery Regiment after taking measures to mitigate civilian harm.
“Additionally, over ten terrors were eliminated & 20+ military infrastructure sites dismantled. In Gaza City, IDF troops continue to expand activity while troops in Khan Yunis and Rafah continue to operate against terror threats,” the IDF said.
Israeli forces control Gaza City’s eastern suburbs and in recent days, they have been pounding the Sheikh Radwan and Tel Al-Hawa areas, from where they would be positioned to advance on central and western areas, where most of the population is sheltering.
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Displaced Palestinians flee Gaza City foot and vehicles. (Photo: AP)
Civilians flee Gaza City
On Thursday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it believed 3,50,000 people had left Gaza City since the start of September and that about 6,00,000 remained.
In leaflets dropped over Gaza City, the military had told Palestinians they could use the newly reopened Salah al Din road to escape to the south.
In the nearly two years of war in Gaza, Israel has killed more than 65,000 Palestinians. The Gaza health authorities said on Friday that 33 Palestinians were killed in the last 24 hours alone.
The conflict has also destroyed most of the structures in Gaza, which is now gripped hunger and even famine.Story continues below this ad
Palestinians struggle to get donated food at a community kitchen in Khan Younis. (Photo: AP)
Israel says the extent of hunger has been exaggerated and that Hamas could end the war at once if it surrendered, freed the hostages, disarmed and disbanded.
Hamas says it will not disarm until a Palestinian state is established. Numerous attempts to mediate an end to the conflict have failed.