Security forces, led by the Southern Command, struck and killed Nasser Musa, a key operative in Hamas’s Rafah Brigade, in the Khan Yunis area on August 9, 2025, the IDF said Friday.
Musa served as head of Hamas's military control department and was responsible for the readiness and training of operatives in the brigade, who planned and carried out terror activity against IDF forces and Israeli civilians during the war, the IDF and Shin Bet said in a joint statement.
He was a close associate of Muhammed Shabana, the Rafah Brigade commander who was killed in May 2025. He previously held multiple roles in the Rafah Brigade, including military intelligence officer and head of the observation network.
His killing further damages the Rafah Brigade and Hamas’s ability to carry out terror activity against IDF troops in the area, the military said.
IDF operates across the Gaza Strip
Israel Air Force fighter jets struck a building in Khan Yunis used by terror organizations to store rockets intended for launch toward Israel and IDF troops on Thursday.
Under the Southern Command and guided by Military Intelligence and the Shin Bet, IDF troops continue to operate across the Gaza Strip: The 36th Division conducted offensive activity in Khan Yunis, destroying a terror structure and killing terrorist cells; the 143rd Division destroyed dozens of military infrastructures in the south as IAF strikes killed several operatives; and in the north, the 99th Division killed terrorists and destroyed tunnel shafts.