IDF says killed Hamas regional commander responsible for anti-tank missile attacks

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) says it has killed a senior Hamas commander responsible for the terror group’s anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) operations in central Gaza, Report informs, citing The Times of Israel.

In a joint statement with the Shin Bet security agency, the IDF says Ibrahim Abu-Maghsib was the head of Hamas’s ATGM array in the so-called central camps brigade.

“As part of his position, he directed and carried out numerous anti-tank missile launches directed at Israeli civilians and IDF soldiers,” the statement says.