The Israel Defense Forces announced that it had killed another Hamas commander who led terrorist attacks on the southern communities of Nirim and Nir Oz last weekend. He became the third Hamas leader killed in recent days.

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The army says Billal al-Kedra, the commander of the Khan Yunis battalion of the Nuhba division, was killed in an airstrike following an intelligence operation by the Shin Bet security agency and the Directorate of Military Intelligence, the Times of Israel reported.

“He was responsible for the deadly raid in Kibbutz Nirim and Nir Oz,” the IDF said.

Several Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists were killed in overnight airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, a source said.

The military says it hit more than 100 targets overnight, including Hamas command centers, military compounds, dozens of rocket launchers, anti-tank missile launchers and observation posts; and command centers of Islamic Jihad.

The army announced on Saturday that the Hamas leader who coordinated the attack on towns in southern Israel last Saturday, Ali Qadhi, had been killed in the attack.

In addition, the IDF killed the head of the Hamas air force, Merad Abu Mer, who was responsible for leading the terrorists during the massacre.

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