The relatives of a northern Hamas commander killed by Israel have been arrested – and are now passing information to Israeli authorities, including about the Oct. 7 terror attack, officials said Tuesday.
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant told reporters that Israel is interrogating the brothers of Ahmed Ghandour, the former commander of Hamas’ northern Gaza Brigade who was killed in an airstrike.
“They have already told us most of the story of the October 7 killings, among other things,” he said, hailing the interrogation as another victory in northern Gaza.
Ghandour was among five senior Hamas officials who were confirmed dead last week after Israel investigated a tunnel system destroyed in an airstrike last month.
It was the same tunnel Ghandour and his deputy, Wael Rajab, were pictured enjoying a meal and meeting with several other Hamas leaders in a cramped room months earlier.
Along with Ghandour and Rajab, the airstrike killed the head of the brigade’s relief battalion, the head of an army formation and the officer responsible for observation in the north, Israel said.
Ahmed Ghandour (centre) was the commander of Hamas’ northern Gaza Brigade before he and four other top officials were killed in an airstrike. The IDF Ghandour brothers now reveal the details of the Hamas invasion of Israel on October 7. Xinhua News Agency via Getty Images
The Israel Defense Forces said Ghandour was “responsible for the command and management of all Hamas terrorist activities in the northern Gaza Strip.”
Ghandour was just one of a dozen Hamas commanders killed recently, including those who led battalions in Beit Lahia, Jabaliya, Sabra, Shati, Darj Tapah and Shejaiya, Israel said.
During a meeting with the IDF’s 162nd Division on Tuesday, Gallant reiterated that Hamas’ hold on Gaza City had “broken”, with Jewish forces taking over the terrorist group “underground” in a 300-mile tunnel system under the Palestinian enclave. , the Times of Israel said.
Israel continues to engage with Hamas fighters throughout Gaza. AFP via Getty Images
“These operations are also being conducted above ground, but there is also a deep descent into the depths, to find bunkers, war rooms, communications centers, ammunition depots and meeting rooms,” Gallant said.
Israel’s tunnel operations also include flooding the system with seawater from the Mediterranean, a strategy that began last month, The Wall Street Journal reported.
The IDF declined to comment on its method of destroying the underground “Gaza Metro,” but army chief Herzi Halevi commented that such a plan would be a “good idea.”
Environmental experts have previously warned that such a strategy would have long-lasting effects on groundwater throughout the Gaza Strip.
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