The Israeli military announced it killed two members of Hamas' elite Nukhba force in two separate airstrikes in the Gaza Strip. One of the deceased, Mohammed Kamel Maslih Qdeih, was killed in Khan Younis and was allegedly involved in the October 7, 2023 attack on Israel. The other Nukhba operative, Diaa Abdel Mohsen Mohammed Abu al-Rous, was killed in Nuseirat in central Gaza.