Hamas

A Telegraph investigation found that 53 people listed by the BBC as journalists killed in the war were linked to terrorist organizations, with some allegedly taking part in the October 7 massacre. The British broadcaster says it will review the list.

A former bodyguard for Ismail Haniyeh was granted asylum and later British citizenship before allegedly becoming a key figure in a Hamas plot to attack Jewish and Israeli targets in Europe.

A Madrid court will consider the U.S. extradition request for James Chambers, an American millionaire suspected of funding Hamas. Spain’s government, backed by left-wing parties, could still block his transfer to the United States.

A federal court in Germany has indicted seven suspects accused of setting up weapons caches for Hamas. They are alleged to have been involved in planning attacks in Berlin and Vienna ahead of the anniversary of October 7. The alleged targets: Israeli diplomats and Jewish institutions.

The IDF and Shin Bet said Na'el Abu Ubeid, the Rafah Brigade commander and head of operations for Hamas's military wing, was killed in a vehicle strike in Gaza. Defense Minister Israel Katz: "No terrorist is immune, and Hamas will not be in Gaza."

Ahmed Batash, a Hamas commander, managed and coordinated weapons supplies for the northern Gaza brigade and advanced terror attacks against Israel, according to the IDF. The military said he was working to rebuild Hamas capabilities and was killed in a precise strike.

The IDF says it killed two Hamas military-wing operatives in Khan Younis and Gaza City who had been advancing terror plans. One allegedly led terrorist training ahead of the October 7 massacre and continued training operatives afterward.

The IDF struck in Gaza City and killed two operatives in Hamas’s engineering network who were involved in developing weapons and advancing terror plans. The military said the two were working to rebuild the organization’s capabilities in violation of the ceasefire.

Muhammad Yazouri, who commanded the Khan Younis Brigade and advanced dozens of terror plans against IDF forces, was killed in a precise strike. A company commander and another brigade operative in southern Gaza were also killed alongside him.

The IDF killed Ismail Qandil in Khan Younis, a Hamas Nukhba terrorist who took part in the October 7 massacre and the murder of Nahal Brigade Commander Col. Yehonatan Steinberg, of blessed memory. The military said he had recently been working to rebuild Hamas capabilities and advance terror plans.

The IDF says it killed Yusuf Aqila, a Hamas Nukhba company commander in Gaza City, alleging he advanced terror plans and worked to rebuild the group’s capabilities. The strike was carried out after he was deemed an immediate threat.

U.S. authorities also seized Hamas-linked websites and servers and obtained information on thousands of people who contacted the terrorist organization seeking to donate.

Hamas’ general security chief was arrested in an operation involving the Shin Bet and a Palestinian militia, during which gunfire broke out. Defense Minister Israel Katz declared: “We do not wait for threats; we pursue Hamas terrorists.”

Sources in Gaza claim that a “special force” attempted to abduct a senior figure in the terror organization near Gaza City, and that several militia members who took part in the operation were left trapped. Defense Minister Israel Katz announced that a senior operative in the terror organization had been captured.

The taxpayer-funded Arab American National Museum will screen a film portraying Hamas’s attack on communities near the Gaza border as a “struggle for liberation from colonialism.” The screening is set for Oct. 10, one day before the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks in New York.

Israel’s security establishment believes Hamas is continuing to rebuild its strength and has no intention of disarming. The IDF has reportedly drafted a plan to return to Gaza City, involving a gradual takeover and the evacuation of civilians to humanitarian zones.

The IDF says it killed Abd al-Fattah Abu al-Eish, a Nukhba commander who participated in the October 7 massacre, in Jabalia along with another Hamas operative. The military said the two had recently advanced terror plans and worked to rebuild the organization’s capabilities.

The IDF killed Ismail Muhammad Ibrahim Barim in Khan Younis, a commander in Hamas’s military wing who held three Israelis captive. The military said he had recently worked to advance terror plans and rebuild the organization’s capabilities in violation of the ceasefire.

The United States said it has decided to bar several individuals working at UNRWA-affiliated institutions from federally funded activities after finding that some employees were connected to Hamas or Palestinian Islamic Jihad. In one case, three teachers were identified: one allegedly took part in the October 7 attack, while another held Israeli hostages in Gaza.

At least five kites were found in Kfar Aza and Nahal Oz, including one bearing the message: "We will never calm down." At the same time, the IDF and Shin Bet destroyed two Hamas weapons depots inside mosques.