The Israeli military has claimed that Iyad Ahmed Abdul Rahman Shambari, the operations chief of Hamas’s intelligence branch, was killed in an airstrike in northern Gaza. According to a joint statement released by the Israeli army and Shin Bet, Shambari played a key role in gathering intelligence on Israeli military activities.
Shambari is reported to have been actively involved in planning the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023, which escalated the ongoing conflict. Israel confirmed the death of the senior Hamas intelligence leader in the northern Gaza airstrike.
The Israeli army and Shin Bet, Israel’s internal security agency, issued a joint statement detailing this information. The statement identified the deceased as Iyad Ahmed Abdul Rahman Shambari, operations chief of the intelligence unit. “Iyad Abdul Rahman Shambari played a leading role in collecting intelligence on Israeli military operations and was considered a direct threat to deployed Israeli soldiers and security personnel in the area,” the statement said.
He was also reported to have been involved in planning Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack. This event has further intensified the conflict between Israel and Palestine.
