Israeli Armed Forces (IDF) announced that they had killed the head of the Hamas military arm, who was a close associate of the Palestinian military armor of the Palestinian organization, the Ezedin al-Kassam Brigades.

According to the IDF announcement, Ibrahim Abu Samala was “eliminated” in a joint operation carried out by the Israeli Armed Forces and the Security Service, Sin Beth On June 17, in the central strip of Gaza.

As the IDFs report, he served “Financial Director of the Hamas Military Ball and assistant to the head of the Ministry of Works and Deputy Commander of the Military Belt, Marouan Isa, until his murder in March 2024.”

“As part of his role, Abu Samala was responsible for all the chapters of Hamas’s military arm in the Gaza Strip. In this role, he was planning and managing the budget of the arm during the war and implemented it through a mechanism for transport and smuggling of terrorist funds in the Gaza Strip, in millions of dollars for the military arm. With these funds, Abu Samala contributed to Hamas ‘equipment capabilities and allowed wages to distribute wages to the organization’s terrorists – which was an important factor in Hamas’ continued terrorist activity throughout the war, ” The announcement adds.