The Israeli occupation army claimed, on Thursday, that it had assassinated a leader in the elite forces of the Hamas movement, Ahmed Hassan Salama Al-Sawarka.

The occupation army said in a statement, “Based on intelligence information, an aircraft carried out a precise and targeted strike to liquidate Al-Sawarka in the Beit Hanoun area in northern Gaza.”

The occupation army claimed that Al-Sawarka was a division commander in the elite forces, who infiltrated the settlements adjacent to Gaza and carried out attacks during Operation Al-Aqsa Flood on October 7 last year.

Itadded, "Al-Sawarka led and managed sniper operations in the Beit Hanoun area and participated in operations against the occupation army."

The occupation army indicated that after an intensive search operation, Al-Sawarka was identified and eliminated in the Beit Hanoun area, as it claimed.

The occupation army also claimed that “before the raid, a number of steps were taken in order to mitigate the harm caused to civilians during the operation. As a result, no civilians were injured during the raid.”