Conflict & Security
Israel Kills Hamas Rafah Brigade Commander Nael Abu Obeid in Southern Gaza Strike
September 16, 2026 at 03:30 AM
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(opens the publisher’s site)Israel's military and Shin Bet killed Hamas Rafah brigade commander Nael Abu Obeid in a southern Gaza strike as air raids across the enclave killed five Palestinians, including two children.
- Israel's military and Shin Bet killed Nael Abu Obeid, commander of Hamas's Rafah brigade and head of operations in its armed wing, in a joint strike in southern Gaza.
- Israeli air raids killed at least five Palestinians, including an 8-year-old girl killed in a strike on Al-Mawasi tent camp and a child killed in Sheikh Radwan district.
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz said in a joint statement that "no militant is immune, and Hamas will not remain in Gaza."
- Abu Obeid is the third senior Qassam Brigades commander Israel announced killing within days, after Jabalia battalion commander Ahmed Al-Batash and Khan Younis brigade commander Mohamed Al-Yazouri.
- Palestinian sources confirmed Abu Obeid's death and said he had led the Rafah Brigade since the martyrdom of Mohammed Shabana during the war.