Israeli occupation forces claimed on Friday to have assassinated the head of Hamas' military intelligence in the southern Gaza Strip.

The Israeli army claimed in a statement that it "carried out an assassination targeting the head of Hamas' military intelligence in southern Gaza yesterday, Thursday."

The statement claimed that the target was Osama Tabash, who was also the head of the movement's monitoring and targeting unit.

There was no immediate comment from Hamas on these allegations.

The Israeli occupation army announced on Thursday that it had assassinated Rashid Jahjouh, a Hamas leader in Gaza, as part of a series of targeted killings of Hamas leaders in recent days, coinciding with the occupation's resumption of airstrikes and ground operations in the Gaza Strip.

Israeli army spokesman Avichay Adraee reported via the X platform that the army and the internal security service (Shabak) targeted "in recent days Rashid Jahjouh, who assumed his position after the assassination of his predecessor, Sami Odeh, in July 2024."

Adraee also claimed that the occupation forces assassinated Ismail Abdel Aal, whom he described as a prominent member of the Islamic Jihad movement, in a separate raid.