IDF assault: Hamas spokesman Abu Obayda killed in airstrike – Video

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The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Thursday have launched new footage exhibiting the airstrike that killed Hudhaifa Kahlout, identified by his battle identify Abu Obayda, the spokesman of Hamas’s army wing and head of its propaganda equipment.In a put up on X, the military said that Kahlout was eradicated final week in a joint IDF-Shin Bet operation. For years, he had served because the masked face of Hamas, directing the group’s propaganda and psychological operations.Kahlout was eradicated on 30 August in a joint IDF-Shin Bet operation, as reported by BBC. During the continuing battle, he reportedly oversaw the distribution of cameras used to doc the October 7 bloodbath and launched movies of Israeli hostages, information company The Times of Israel reported.Israel’s defence minister Israel Katz congratulated the IDF and Shin Bet for the “flawless execution” in a put up on X.Along with the footage, the IDF printed a newly uncovered picture exhibiting Kahlout with Hamas’s former army chief Muhammad Deif, Khan Younis Brigade chief Rafa’a Salameh and intelligence chief Muhammad Odeh. These all had been later killed in separate Israeli strikes.