India, Nov. 15 -- Israel has confirmed killing senior Hamas military commander Samir Abu Younis in an airstrike in southern Gaza, with the Palestinian group's armed wing also acknowledging his death.

The Israeli military and the Shin Bet domestic security agency announced the operation in a joint statement early Sunday, describing the target as a senior figure in Hamas's military wing. The statement did not initially identify him by name. Hamas's Al-Qassam Brigades later confirmed that Abu Younis had been killed in what it described as an assassination operation on Saturday evening. The group accused him of being among the key commanders involved in planning and overseeing the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel.

The announcement did not ...