On Friday, both Hamas and the Israeli military confirmed that a bodyguard of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was killed in an encounter. Hamas identified the deceased as Mahmoud Hamdan, also known as 'Abu Yusuf,' who served as the commander of the Tal al-Sultan Brigade in Rafah, Gaza.
Hamas reported that Hamdan was engaged in a confrontation with the Israeli army in the Tal al-Sultan neighborhood when he was killed, alongside Yahya Sinwar. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) acknowledged that Hamdan, responsible for guarding Sinwar, was eliminated on Friday.
