Over the past day, several Hamas operatives, including those who participated

Over the past day, several Hamas operatives, including those who participated in the October 7 onslaught, were killed in Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, the IDF says in a morning update.

In northern Gaza's Beit Hanoun, the IDF says a fighter jet struck a building where two Hamas operatives were seen fleeing to.

Fighter jets also struck two terrorists who participated in the massacre in Nir Yitzhak on October 7, the IDF says.

Additionally, the IDF says two platoon commanders and a squad commander in Hamas's elite Nukhba force were targeted in a separate strike.

Meanwhile, in central Gaza, the Nahal Brigade killed some 20 Hamas gunmen over the past day, including with sniper fire and by calling in airstrikes, according to the IDF.

An airstrike was also carried out against a site from which operatives fired rockets at the Nahal troops inside Gaza. The IDF says secondary explosions after the strike indicate that additional rockets were stored there.

The IDF says operations also continue in the Hamad Town residential complex in Khan Younis.

In the Hamad area, the IDF says the Givati Brigade spotted a Hamas gunman and called in a strike by an attack helicopter, and separately the troops killed another operative who was approaching them.

The Commando Brigade has been scanning buildings in Hamad Town, locating firearms, as well as killing several Hamas operatives, the IDF says.

In another area of Khan Younis, the IDF says the Bislamach Brigade ambushed and killed a five-man Hamas cell.