Overnight, based on IDF and ISA intelligence, IDF fighter jets struck the Head of Hamas' Aerial Array, Asem Abu Rakaba.
Abu Rakaba was responsible for Hamas' UAVs, drones, paragliders, aerial detection and aerial defense.
He took part in planning the massacre in the communities surrounding the Gaza Strip on October 7th. He directed the terrorists who infiltrated Israel on paragliders and was responsible for the drone attacks on IDF posts.
On Friday evening, IDF Spokesperson Daniel Hagari announced that the IAF has been intensifying its air strikes in Gaza and added that the IDF ground forces would be intensifying the ground operation on Friday night.
“In recent hours we have increased the strikes in Gaza. The Air Force is attacking underground targets and terrorist infrastructure, very significantly. In continuation of the offensive activity we carried out in the last few days, the ground forces are expanding the ground activity this evening,” said Hagari.
“The IDF works powerfully in all dimensions in order to achieve the goals of the war,” he added.