The IDF and Shin Bet say a Hamas commander in the terror group's operations

The IDF and Shin Bet say a Hamas commander in the terror group's operations unit was eliminated in an airstrike in southern Gaza's Rafah earlier today.

Muhammad Abu Hasna was involved in "integrating extensive activity of the various Hamas units, was in contact with the field operatives of Hamas and directed them," the IDF and Shin Bet say in a joint statement.

The statement says Hasna was also tasked with a Hamas intelligence war room that collected information on IDF movements in the Strip.

The IDF and Shin Bet also accuse Hasna of involvement in seizing humanitarian aid entering the Gaza Strip and distributing it to Hamas operatives.

Hasna's elimination "significantly harms the functioning of various Hamas units in Rafah," the statement adds.