Settling Accounts: Terrorist Who Participated in the October 7 Massacre and a PIJ Terrorist Eliminated
The IDF eliminated two senior terrorists in the Gaza Strip yesterday (Thursday): Muhammad Hala, a Hamas commander who participated in the October 7 massacre, and Ahmad Dalhan, a Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist. The eliminations were carried out in airstrikes in the northern Gaza Strip and Khan Younis. The two had been advancing terrorist schemes while violating the ceasefire.
IDF forces eliminated two senior terrorists in the Gaza Strip yesterday (Thursday, October 15, 2026). In an airstrike in the northern Gaza Strip, Muhammad Muhammad Abd al-Halaq Hala, a commander in Hamas's military wing who participated in the October 7, 2023 massacre and assisted in weapons production, was killed. In another airstrike in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Ahmad Gabrin Tawfiq Dalhan, a terrorist in the Palestinian Islamic Jihad's military wing, was killed. According to the IDF, both terrorists had recently been advancing terrorist schemes against IDF forces and Israeli civilians while systematically violating the ceasefire. The eliminations were carried out from the air to remove an immediate threat. The IDF stated that its forces remain deployed in the area in accordance with agreements.