# Hamas commander Samir Abu Younis killed in Israeli strike on Khan Younis

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/hamas-commander-samir-abu-younis-killed-in-israeli-strike-on-khan-younis/
- Published: 2026-11-15T00:18:07+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-15T01:22:59+00:00
- Original publisher: Middle East Eye (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/hamas-commander-samir-abu-younis-killed-israeli-strike-khan-younis
- Topics: Middle East, World

## Key points

- Hamas says commander Samir Abu Younis was killed in a Khan Younis airstrike.
- Israel confirmed striking a senior Hamas commander but did not identify him.
- Gaza health authorities report at least 1,600 Palestinian deaths since the ceasefire.

## Summary

Hamas’s armed wing says its senior commander Samir Abu Younis was killed in an Israeli airstrike in southern Gaza. Israel’s military confirmed it had struck a senior Hamas commander but did not name him; the reported killing matters amid a ceasefire that has not ended Israeli attacks.

Medics said Abu Younis was killed and others wounded in a strike on a street in the Mawasi area of Khan Younis on Saturday. Hamas identified the 53-year-old as commander of its Rafah brigade and said he had joined its armed wing in 1991 and helped plan and oversee the 7 October 2023 attack on Israel. Gaza health authorities say at least 1,600 Palestinians have been killed since the October 2025 ceasefire began, alongside five Israeli soldiers; they report more than 74,000 Palestinian deaths since the war began.

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