The Israeli occupation army and the General Security Service (Shin Bet) announced in a joint statement on Thursday that they had carried out a series of airstrikes in various areas of the Gaza Strip, which they claimed resulted in the assassination of two prominent leaders of the Hamas and Islamic Jihad movements, during attacks targeting the city of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip.

The statement explained that Israeli warplanes targeted Yahya Fathi Abdel Qader Abu Shaar last Tuesday, describing him as responsible for Hamas's arms smuggling infrastructure. The statement claimed that he played a pivotal role in recent years in smuggling weapons and military equipment used in the October 7 operation.

It added that the army and Shin Bet security service carried out a raid last week targeting Mazen Ibrahim Mahfouz Farra, allegedly a prominent Islamic Jihad operative, on the grounds that he had directed attacks against targets inside the occupied territories, particularly over the past two years.

The statement claimed that the occupation took "measures to reduce harm to civilians," through the use of precision munitions, aerial surveillance, and intelligence information.

The statement also indicated that the Israeli Air Force had bombed approximately 110 targets across the Gaza Strip over the past two days, including military sites, armed cells, and infrastructure, it claimed.

He added that the bombing targeted a military building belonging to Hamas's naval forces in the Nuseirat refugee camp, claiming that it was being used to plan naval operations.

In a separate statement, the Israeli military announced that it had carried out another raid, in cooperation with the Shin Bet security service, targeting a person it described as a "terrorist" inside a Hamas command and control complex in the Jabalia area in the northern Gaza Strip. The military claimed the individual was involved in carrying out attacks against Israeli forces and settlers.