Gaza strike killed Hamas commander
Shafaq News- Gaza
The Israeli army said on Saturday that it killed a Hamas company commander in an airstrike on Deir al-Balah in central Gaza a day earlier.
🔴ELIMINATED: Sharif al-Hasanat, a company commander in Hamas.Throughout the war, he took part in leading efforts to restore Hamas’ underground infrastructure & recently continued to advance terror attacks against IDF troops and Israeli civilians.He posed an immediate threat… pic.twitter.com/bU7PRu6rVz
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) August 22, 2026
Palestinian media reported that an Israeli strike on the courtyard of a home in Deir al-Balah killed one person and wounded another. Israeli forces also launched a large demolition operation east of the city.
#عاجل| شهيد وإصابة جراء قصف الاحتلال فناء منزل في دير البلح وسط قطاع غزة. pic.twitter.com/fgguBiGLQC
— المركز الفلسطيني للإعلام (@PalinfoAr) August 22, 2026
On Friday, Israel said it had killed Hamas commander Sabahi Sami Mahmoud Shahata in a Gaza airstrike two days earlier, adding to recent operations against Hamas figures. Wednesday’s strikes in Nuseirat and Al-Tuffah followed an attack in Al-Shati that killed four members of the group’s elite force, identified by the army as a company commander and three platoon commanders.
