Israeli airstrike kills Hamas's chief financial officer in Khan Younis
Israel's military and security agency announced they had killed Muhammad Abu Alwan, the head of Hamas's finance department, in an airstrike in southern Gaza on Thursday. According to Israel, Abu Alwan had directed over one billion shekels to fund Hamas activities and was recently working to rebuild the group's military capabilities in violation of the ceasefire.
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The Israel Defense Forces and the Shin Bet security agency announced on Thursday that they had killed Muhammad Abu Alwan, described as the head of Hamas's finance department, in an airstrike in the Khan Younis area of southern Gaza. According to the IDF, Abu Alwan had worked in the group's finance department for roughly a decade, helping to allocate funds across Hamas's various branches, and had directed the transfer of more than one billion Israeli shekels to finance the organisation's activities during the war.
Israel said the strike targeted a senior figure who had recently been working to rebuild Hamas's military and financial capabilities in what it called a violation of the ceasefire agreement currently in place in Gaza. The military said precautions, including aerial surveillance and precision munitions, were used to reduce the risk to civilians before the strike was carried out.
The killing, announced by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Israel Katz, is the latest in a series of Israeli strikes targeting what it describes as Hamas's financial networks, including money changers and facilitators allegedly involved in moving hundreds of millions of dollars for the group. The action illustrates the fragility of the ceasefire, with both sides continuing to accuse each other of undermining it.
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