Spotlight on Terrorism – June 2026

Hezbollah^[2]

• During June 2026 IDF forces continued operating within the security zone in south Lebanon (the Yellow Line) and expanded it northward, including establishing operational control over the Ali al-Taher Ridge near Nabatieh. The forces located and destroyed terrorist infrastructure and weapons, some of which had been concealed in civilian buildings, as well as tunnels used by terrorists for shelter and launching attacks. They also eliminated terrorists who approached the forces or attempted to attack them. Rocket launchers, headquarters, military facilities and Hezbollah military infrastructure in other areas of south Lebanon and the Beqa’a Valley were attacked in response to Hezbollah’s ceasefire violations. Two targeted strikes were carried out in the Dahiyeh al-Janoubia in Beirut in response to rocket fire at Israeli territory. On June 20, the IDF halted its strikes except for operations against terrorist infrastructure within the security zone and against immediate threats, following the United States-Iran memorandum of understanding, in which Tehran attempted to link the cessation of its war with the United States to the end of the fighting in Lebanon and the withdrawal of IDF forces. ^[3] On June 26, Lebanon and Israel reached a framework agreement establishing pilot areas from which the IDF would withdraw and into which the Lebanese army would deploy to enforce the state’s sovereignty. Thirteen IDF soldiers were killed in the fighting in south Lebanon (IDF Spokesperson and Israeli media, June 1-30, 2026).
• During June 2026, despite the so-called “ceasefire” which began on April 17, 2026, Hezbollah issued 312 claims of responsibility, compared to 610 in May, for attacks involving explosive drones, UAVs, rockets, mortar shells, anti-tank missiles, artillery shells and anti-aircraft fire, along with exchanges of fire with IDF forces in south Lebanon. The overwhelming majority of the attacks (307) were carried out before the United States-Iran memorandum of understanding was reached on June 14,^[4] and were directed primarily against IDF forces in south Lebanon and targets along the confrontation line in northern Israel. After that, Hezbollah attacked IDF forces five times, allegedly in response to Israeli violations of the ceasefire and IDF attempts to advance into additional areas of south Lebanon. However, after the IDF ceased fire on June 20, Hezbollah stopped issuing further claims of responsibility (Hezbollah combat information Telegram channel, June 1-30, 2026).

• In June 2026 Hezbollah’s official media outlets and social media did not publish the names or ranks of senior commanders and operatives killed in IDF strikes. However, social media accounts, including unofficial accounts affiliated with Hezbollah, published the photographs and names of approximately 800 people killed in Israeli strikes in Lebanon. At least half were identified as commanders at various levels and operatives in different units, and some notices were official announcements bearing the Hezbollah emblem. Hezbollah also held formal funerals for operatives killed in the strikes (including the X account of Qalaat al Mudiq, al-‘Ahed, the Hezbollah in the Field and Balaagh Telegram channels and the South Lebanon Facebook page, June 1-30, 2026).

• The most notable targeted killings:
  • On June 5 the IDF announced that a week earlier it had eliminated Abd Harb, commander of Hezbollah’s engineering unit. The unit was responsible for assembling and detonating explosive devices to attack IDF forces operating in south Lebanon. Harb was a veteran senior Hezbollah commander who had been responsible for numerous terrorist attacks on IDF forces since the Second Lebanon War in 2006 (IDF Spokesperson, June 5, 2026). Hezbollah-affiliated accounts reported the death of commander Hajj Adam Abd al-Halim Harb, aka Hajj Ghaleb, from Harouf, who was killed on May 27, 2026 (Athar al-Shuhadaa Instagram channel and the Nabatieh website Facebook page, May 28, 2026).

• • On June 7 the IDF attacked a headquarters in the Dahiyeh al-Janoubia which was being used by Hezbollah terrorists for terrorist activity against Israeli civilians and IDF forces operating in south Lebanon. The strike was carried out after Hezbollah fired rockets at Israeli territory (IDF Spokesperson, June 7, 2026). Channels affiliated with Hezbollah reported that Muhammad Muhammad Rahal and Abbas Ramez Roumani were killed in the strike (Abbas Karim al-Sarai’s Facebook page, June 7, 2026). Hezbollah held a formal funeral for Roumani with other casualties in the Dahiyeh al-Janoubia (al-‘Ahed, June 9, 2026).

     
Right: Rahal (right) and Roumani (Abbas Karim al-Sarai Facebook page, June 7, 2026). Left: Roumani’s funeral (al-Ahed, June 9, 2026)

• • On June 9, IDF forces operating in south Lebanon were shot at and an exchange of fire developed near the border fence in the Ramin Ridge area. The soldiers identified the terrorist, who had entered Israeli territory wearing a Hezbollah uniform and carrying a gun and a knife; he was shot and killed (IDF Spokesperson and Israeli media, June 9, 2026). Hezbollah-affiliated social media accounts identified the terrorist as Hamza Hammoud and referred to him as the “invader of the Galilee” (Janoubia, June 9, 2026). Hamza Tarek Hammoud, 25, was born in the Bir al-Abed neighborhood of the Dahiyeh al-Janoubia in Beirut to a family originally from Markaba in south Lebanon. According to claims he was not a “resistance fighter”^[5] but had grown up on stories of the “resistance,”^[6] and all he needed was anger to take up his weapon and ride his motorcycle south. Friends said that two days before the attack he told them of his desire to take revenge on the “occupation and its crimes,” and passed through Markaba before riding to the border. The article concluded that young people, who were not necessarily affiliated with the “resistance organizations,”^[7] sought to “resist it”^[8] and drive it out (al-Akhbar, June 10, 2026).

     
Right: Hamza Hammoud (Shehab News Agency, June 9, 2026). Left: Death notice for “the heroic shaheed,” Hamza Tarek Hammoud (Fadia Naama Jomaa’s Facebook page, June 10, 2026)

• • On June 12, the IDF announced the elimination of more than ten Hezbollah field commanders: Mahdi Bazzi and Ashraf Salloum, were commanders of the Nasr Unit after the previous commander, Hassan Salameh, was eliminated in March 2026; the commander of the Shaqif sector, Nasser Shaqir, and his replacement, Ahmed Sablini, who was eliminated approximately 12 hours later; the commander of the Bint Jbeil sector, Ali Abbas; the commander of the Tyre sector, Kamil Younes; the commander of the Hajir sector, Fouad Moussa; the commander of the Jibshit sector, Hussein Salami; the commander of the al-Khiam sector, Ali Hayek; and the commander of the Qana sector, Muslim Harb (IDF Spokesperson, June 12, 2026). Social media reports identified the deceased Hezbollah commanders^[9] as Mahdi Muhammad Ali Bazzi from Bint Jbeil (South News Facebook page, May 2, 2026), who was reported to have headed the security apparatus of the Nasr Unit (Safaa Subhi X account, May 7, 2026); Ashraf Ali Salloum from Majdal Selm (Akhbar al-Janoub’s Facebook page, May 27, 2026); commander Nasser Hussein Shaqir, aka Abu Muhammad Nasser, from the town of al-Sawana (Marjayoun Facebook page, May 28, 2026); Ahmed Hassan Sablini from al-Babiyah (Ya Sour Instagram channel, May 30, 2026); Kamil Ahmed Younes, aka Abu Ali Hamza, commander of the Tyre region (Hezbollah in the Field Telegram channel, June 2, 2026); Ali Kamal Hayek from the town of Kafr Tebnit (Ya Janoub 2 Facebook page, May 26, 2026); and commander Muslim Tawfiq Harb from the town of al-Khalousiyeh (al-Khalousiyeh Facebook page, April 1 and 26, 2026).

• • On June 14 Hezbollah-affiliated media outlets reported the death of senior Hezbollah figure Ali Mousa Daqduq, aka Abu Hussein Sajjad, (Hezbollah in the Field Telegram channel, June 14, 2026).^[10] The IDF confirmed he had been eliminated in a strike in south Lebanon on June 12. According to the IDF, he had held a series of positions within the organization, including commander of former secretary general Hassan Nasrallah’s security team, commander in the Radwan Force, commander in the operations department of the Nasr Unit, head of Hezbollah’s infantry unit and commander of the Golan File. In recent years he had been involved in planning and directing terrorist attacks on IDF forces and the State of Israel (IDF Spokesperson, June 14, 2026). He also played a central role in coordinating with Shi’ite militias in Iraq against American forces and had been imprisoned for five years for the murder of five American soldiers in 2007. Senior militia leaders eulogized him and praised his role in developing the capabilities of the Iraqi “resistance.”^[11]

     
Right: Daqduq’s “ID card” (IDF Spokesperson, June 14, 2026). Left: Death notice for Ali Daqduq (Hassan Zain al-Din’s X account, June 14, 2026)

• • On June 14 a Hezbollah headquarters in the Dahiyeh al-Janoubia in Beirut was struck in response to the launch of UAVs at Israeli territory. According to the IDF, the headquarters had been used by Hezbollah terrorists to advance terrorist activity against Israeli civilians and IDF forces operating in south Lebanon (IDF Spokesperson, June 14, 2026). The Lebanese ministry of health reported three fatalities, including two women, and 16 wounded in the Israeli strike on the Dahiyeh al-Janoubia (al-Nashra, June 14, 2026). It was reported that Ali al-Hajj, commander of Hezbollah’s coordination unit, was killed in the strike along with his wife and sister (Hezbollah in the Field Telegram channel, June 14, 2026).

• • On June 20 it was reported that Karl Rogieh Abd al-Malik, from the town of al-Jadeeda, was attacked while riding a motorcycle in the town of Zebdine (Lebanese News Agency, June 20, 2026). According to reports, Abd al-Malik, a Christian, belonged to the logistics unit of Hezbollah’s Lebanese Brigades for Resisting the Israeli Occupation^[12] and was responsible for transporting fighters and supplies in south Lebanon. He had recently been dissatisfied with the situation and reportedly told associates he was preparing to leave the Brigades (al-Hadath 24, June 20, 2026). It was also reported that he had been born a Christian but had become closer to Shi’ite Islam through the Imam Hussein majalis (religious gatherings), participating in processions and communal meals until he converted to Shi’a. He was buried in the Dahiyeh al-Janoubia in Beirut, and members of his family attended the funeral carrying childhood photographs of him wearing a cross (Marjayoun Facebook page, June 22, 2026).

        
Right: Announcement of Abd al-Malik’s funeral (Hezbollah in the Field Telegram channel, June 20, 2026). Left: Abd al-Malik’s funeral (Lebanon News Instagram channel, June 21, 2026)

• • On June 24 it was reported that Muhammad Baqer Samir Iskandar, from al-Hermel in the Beqa’a Valley, had died (Ya Janoub Facebook page, June 24, 2026). A eulogy posted on social media claimed that he had erected Hezbollah’s two tents in the Shebaa Farms area of Mount Dov during the summer of 2023 (Dr. Ali Daher’s Facebook page, June 25, 2026).

• • On June 27 Abdallah Suleiman Abd al-Mu’ti from the Palestinian refugee camp of Burj al-Barajneh in Beirut was killed fighting against the Israeli “occupation” in south Lebanon. He had reportedly been a Hezbollah terrorist operative and a formal funeral was held for him attended by relatives, local residents and “activists” from the Palestinian terrorist organizations (Palestinian Refugees Portal, June 28, 2026; al- ‘Ahed, June 29, 2026; Camps Post, July 1, 2026).

Other Palestinian Fatalities

• On June 10 it was reported that Palestinian leader Raghdan Muhammad al-Hajj, aka Abu Hamza, 33, was killed while fighting the “occupation forces” in south Lebanon. He originally came from the al-Bass Palestinian refugee camp but for years had lived in the al-Abbasiyah area of the Tyre district, and that two of his brothers had also been killed fighting against Israel (Palestinian Refugees Portal, June 10, 2026).

• On June 19 it was reported that Osama Kayed, from Taalabaya in the Beqa’a Valley, had been killed in the fighting in south Lebanon (Palestinian Refugees Portal, June 18, 2026). An archival photograph showed him addressing a rally while wearing an Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades headband and draped in a Hamas flag. Pro-Hamas slogans were chanted at his funeral (Ibrahim Khayyab X account, June 19, 2026). According to a different report, he had climbed the Israel-Lebanon border fence during the Sword of Jerusalem campaign (Operation Guardian of the Walls) in May 2021 (Mousa al-Saada X account, June 19, 2026).

• On June 22 the funeral of Muhammad Mustafa Ibrahim (al-Rada) was held at the Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp near Tripoli in northern Lebanon. He had been killed fighting the “occupation army” south Lebanon (Palestinian Refugees Portal, June 22, 2026). The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) held a memorial ceremony for him at a mosque in the camp, attended by representatives of other Palestinian terrorist organizations, Lebanese political parties and assorted guests. Speakers noted his role in the resistance movement”^[13] and called the shaheeds “symbols of steadfastness and determination” (Quds News Agency, June 24, 2026). The Palestinian terrorist organizations announced the death of the mujahid shaheed Muhammad Mustafa Ibrahim, 23, from the Nahr al-Bared camp, whose family originally came from the village of al-Damun near Acre. Reportedly he “did not hesitate to answer the call to mobilize when the battlefields summoned” (Lebanon Camps Post X account, July 7, 2026).

• On June 26 it was reported that Wasim Muhammad Rashid, from the Badawi refugee camp in Tripoli, north Lebanon, had been killed confronting the Israeli “occupation forces” in south Lebanon (Palestinian Refugees Portal and Camps Post, June 27, 2026). After his death became known, camp residents gathered and marched to the family home chanting slogans in support of the “resistance ” (Sada News Agency, June 27, 2026). During a meeting of representatives of the Palestinian terrorist organizations and Rashid’s family, they reaffirmed their commitment to the “resistance” (Palestinian Refugees Portal, June 28, 2026). The Palestinian terrorist organizations announced the death of the shaheed Wasim Muhammad Rashid, aka Hamza, 29, from the Badawi camp, whose family originally came from Tiberias. It was stated that he did not hesitate to answer the call to mobilize when the battlefields summoned (Lebanon Camps Post X account, July 7, 2026).

The Amal Movement

• During June 2026 the Amal Movement announced the deaths of at least 39 of its members in IDF strikes, including medics, members of its Scout movement and women and children affiliated with the movement. None of the deceased was described as a “jihad fighter” (Amal Movement Telegram channel and the Amal Central Information Office X account, June 1-30, 2026).

The IDF

• During June 2026 IDF forces continued operations to locate and destroy terrorist infrastructure and explosive devices within the Yellow Line (the area under IDF control) in the Gaza Strip, and eliminated terrorists who crossed the Yellow Line or posed a threat. Strikes were carried out throughout the Gaza Strip, during which the fighters destroyed Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terrorist infrastructure, including weapons depots, tunnels and launchers, and eliminated terrorist operatives who were planning to carry out attacks, many of whom had participated in the atrocities of the October 7, 2023 invasion and massacre and had abducted Israeli civilians and held them hostage (IDF Spokesperson, June 1-30, 2026):
  • On June 1, Yusuf Ayesh Awad Ramadan, who served as deputy commander of a Hamas nukhba squad, was eliminated in a strike in the central Gaza Strip. He had participated in the Hamas invasion and massacre on October 7, 2023 and had been directly involved in abducting four Israeli civilians from the roadside shelter at the Re’im Junction. During the war and after the ceasefire, he promoted terrorist activity against IDF forces and Israeli civilians and posed an immediate threat (IDF Spokesperson, June 2, 2026). He was reportedly killed in a strike by an aerial attack on Block 9 of the al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip (Shehab Agency, June 1, 2026).

• • On June 2, Ahmed Abu Maghsib, head of a PIJ rocket-launching cell, was eliminated in a strike in the southern Gaza Strip. He had been involved in advancing terrorist activity against IDF forces and Israeli civilians, as well as in attempts to smuggle arms into the Gaza Strip (IDF Spokesperson, June 3, 2026). Ahmed Khaled Abu Maghsib, 32, was killed and four other individuals were wounded in a strike on a civilian vehicle on Salah al-Din Street near al-Mazraa School in eastern Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip (Palestinian Media Center, June 2, 2026). The PIJ’s military wing confirmed that Ahmed Khaled Abu Maghsib had been an operative in the Central Gaza Brigade (Jerusalem Brigades Telegram channel in Judea and Samaria, June 6, 2026).

• • On June 3, Saqr Abu Karim, a nukhba squad commander in Hamas’ military wing, who had been one of the leaders of the atrocities of the massacre in Kibbutz Kissufim on October 7, 2023, was eliminated in a strike in the southern Gaza Strip. Throughout the war he had planned and carried out numerous terrorist attacks on IDF forces operating in the Gaza Strip. He also violated the ceasefire agreement by storing large quantities of weapons in his home, participated in actions to rebuild Hamas and train terrorists to advance further terrorist activity. Another terrorist, who was a Hamas communications operative, was eliminated in the strike (IDF Spokesperson, June 7, 2026). It was reported that Saqr Khalil Abu Karim and Mu’min Khalil Abu Karim were killed in an Israeli strike targeting the entrance to a house near Makki Square in the al-Maghazi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip (al-Risalah, June 3, 2026).

• • On June 4, an indictment was filed against Ibrahim Hilo, 46, a terrorist in Hamas’ al-Shati Battalion who had kept the body of IDF soldier Oron Shaul, who fell in battle during Operation Protective Edge in July 2014. According to the indictment, Hilo was recruited into Hamas religious studies in 2001 and joined the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades two years later. After Shaul’s body had been abducted from an IDF armored personnel carrier in the al-Shuja’iyya neighborhood, a Hamas operative approached Hilo and asked him to store the body. Hilo understood it was the body of an Israeli soldier and agreed. He kept the body in a refrigerator for approximately ten years until he was forced to leave his home in October 2023 because of the war. After Israeli Security Agency and police investigations identified Hilo’s involvement in holding the body, he was secretly detained and transferred to Israel for questioning, leading to the recovery of Shaul’s body from Hilo’s home in Gaza in January 2025. The indictment filed with the District Court in Beersheba charged Hilo with assisting the enemy in wartime, membership in a terrorist organization and weapons offenses for terrorist purposes (Ministry of Justice Spokesperson, June 4, 2026).
  • On June 4, several senior figures in Hamas’ general security apparatus were eliminated in strikes in the northern Gaza Strip:^[14] They were Hassan Rabah Hassan Labad, deputy head of the general security apparatus and a central figure in decision-making and the development of directives within the apparatus; Wassim Amin Shalash Shabir, Abdullah Ata Younes Abu Kaloub and Muhammad Nuaman Zaki Abu Mark, who were also decision-makers within the apparatus. They were eliminated after recently participating in actions to rebuild Hamas and assisting senior Hamas officials in advancing terrorist activity against the State of Israel and IDF forces (IDF Spokesperson, June 4, 2026). Reportedly, a series of strikes on apartments in several areas of Gaza City killed Hassan Rabah Hassan Labad, his wife and three of their children, Wassim Amin Shalash Shabir, Abdullah Ata Abu Kaloub and his wife, and Muhammad Nuaman Abu Mark and his wife (Hamza al-Masri’s Telegram channel, June 4, 2026). A channel affiliated with Hamas’ “resistance security” confirmed the deaths of commanders Hassan Rabah Labad, Abdullah Ata Abu Kaloub, Wassim Amin Shalash Shabir and Muhammad Nuaman Abu Mark (al-Siyad, June 4, 2026).

• • On June 6, Muhannad Othman Yassin Farwana, who headed a squad in Hamas’ military wing, was eliminated in a targeted strike in the southern Gaza Strip. Throughout the war and after the ceasefire, he had advanced numerous terrorist attacks on IDF forces and the State of Israel and posed an immediate threat to IDF troops (IDF Spokesperson, June 6, 2026). He was reportedly killed in a strike on a building in central Khan Yunis just hours before his wedding (Quds Agency and Shehab Agency, June 6, 2026).

• • On June 6, commanders in the PIJ’s military wing were eliminated in a strike in the central Gaza Strip. They were Muhammad Atiya Hassan Abu Afash, head of the engineering array and responsible for developing the organization’s engineering capabilities; Farhat Zuhair Farhat Harara, Abu Afash’s deputy; and Abdullah Riyad Masoud Qadoum, responsible for the anti-tank array in PIJ’s Northern Gaza sector (IDF Spokesperson, June 8, 2026). Seven individuals were reportedly killed in a strike on a displaced persons tent in the al-Jawazat area west of Gaza City, including Muhammad Atiya Abu Afash, Abdullah Riyad Qadoum and Farhat Zuhair Harara (Shehab Agency, June 6, 2026). The PIJ’s military wing confirmed the deaths of the Muhammad Atiya Abu Afash, Abdullah Riyad Qadoum and Farhat Zuhair Harara, operatives in the Gaza Brigade (Jerusalem Brigades Telegram channel, June 14, 2026).

• • On June 7 the main headquarters of the Hamas maritime police in Khan Yunis was attacked. It had been used to plan and execute terrorist attacks on IDF forces and the State of Israel and for Hamas’ actions to rebuild and rearm in violation of the ceasefire agreement while exploiting infrastructure represented as “civilian.” Several terrorists were eliminated, including Isma’il al-Lahham, who was a squad commander in Hamas’ military wing (IDF Spokesperson, June 9, 2026). A strike on a police post near the al-Nas Junction in the Mawasi area of Khan Yunis reportedly killed Isma’il Khairi Bahri al-Lahham, Muhammad Farid Abd Sanah, Mustafa Fawaz Muhammad Adwan, Mustafa Rami Muhammad Abu Younes and Hossam Zuhair Muhammad al-Tantawi, and wounded 17 others (Quds Agency, June 7, 2026).

• • On June 7, Khader Jamazi, head of a Hamas money-transfer network, and his deputy, Muhammad Kharazin, were eliminated in a strike in the northern Gaza Strip. Throughout the war they managed money transfers to Hamas’ military wing worth tens of millions of dollars, using a network of dozens of money changers in the Gaza Strip. Hamas used the funds to pay salaries military wing terrorists for continuing to plan and carry out terrorist attacks on IDF forces and Israeli civilians (IDF Spokesperson, June 9, 2026). Four people were killed in a strike on a vehicle near al-Buraq School in western Gaza City, including Khader al-Jamazi, aka Abu Ibrahim, and Muhammad Abdullah al-Kharazin (Palestinian Media Center, June 7, 2026).

     
Right: Leaders of Hamas’ money transfer network (IDF Spokesperson, June 9, 2026). Left: Al-Jamazi (Palestinian Media Center, June 7, 2026)

• • On June 8, in a strike in the southern Gaza Strip, the IDF eliminated Iyad Muhammad Abd al-Aziz Nofal, commander of PIJ’s special forces unit, and Ahmed Abd al-Hamid Hamad Ma’ruf, who headed a PIJ squad and fired rockets at Israeli territory during the war. The two were planning terrorist attacks on IDF forces in the immediate future (IDF Spokesperson, June 9, 2026). Reportedly, Iyad Muhammad Abd al-Aziz Nofal, 43, and Ahmed Abd al-Hamid Hamad Ma’ruf, 34, were killed in a strike on a “group of civilians” in the al-Attar area of Mawasi Khan Yunis (Shehab Agency, June 8, 2026). The PIJ’s military wing confirmed the deaths of Ahmed Abd al-Hamid Maaruf and Iyad Muhammad Nofal of the Khan Yunis Brigade (Jerusalem Brigades Telegram channel, June 14, 2026).
  • On June 11, PIJ platoon commanders Islam Hassan Saleh and Sami Jamil Abu Dalal, and Obi Maamoun Saleh Farwana, deputy company commander in Hamas, were eliminated in targeted strikes. They were planning to carry out terrorist attacks on IDF forces in the immediate future (IDF Spokesperson, June 12, 2026). The PIJ’s military wing confirmed the death of Islam Hassan Saleh of the Northern Gaza Brigade (Jerusalem Brigades Telegram channel, June 14, 2026). Reportedly, “displaced person” Islam Hassan Saleh was killed in a strike in the western al-Nuseirat refugee camp (Quds Agency, June 11, 2026). Sami Abu Dalal was reportedly killed in a strike on his home in the al-Nuseirat refugee camp (Palestinian Media Center, June 11, 2026). Obi Maamoun Farwana, 35, was killed in a strike targeting the roof of his home near the al-Mughrabi Junction in Gaza City (Ultra Palestine, June 11, 2026).

• • On June 13, Muhammad Said Ahmed al-Namrouti, a Hamas platoon commander who participated in the atrocities of the October 7, 2023 invasion and massacre, was eliminated in a strike in the southern Gaza Strip. Throughout the war, he was directly involved in holding hostages captive in Hamas tunnels. In another strike in the central Gaza Strip, Muawiya Suleiman Saqr al-Ayadi, a platoon commander in the PIJ’s Central Camps, was eliminated. He was involved in the atrocities in Kibbutz Be’eri on October 7, 2023 (IDF Spokesperson, June 17, 2026). Muhammad al-Namrouti and Hossam al-Jabari were reportedly killed in a strike on a “group of civilians” in the al-Amal neighborhood in northwestern Khan Yunis (Hamza al-Masri’s Telegram channel, June 13, 2026). Their bodies were wrapped for burial in Hamas flags and rifles were placed on them (Quds Agency, June 14, 2026). Muawiya al-Ayadi, an employee of al-Bureij Municipality, was reportedly killed in a strike near a garbage dump at the entrance to the al-Bureij refugee camp (al-Risalah and Quds Agency, June 13, 2026).

     
Right: The “ID cards” of al-Ayadi and al-Namrouti (IDF Spokesperson, June 17, 2026). Left: The funeral held for al-Namrouti and al-Jabari (Quds Agency, June 14, 2026)

• • On June 15, Saleh Ramadan Muhammad Khalifa, head of a terrorist squad in Hamas’ al-Nuseirat Battalion, was eliminated in a targeted strike in the central Gaza Strip. Muhammad Musa Diab al-Habil, head of a cell in Hamas’ West Jabalia Battalion, was eliminated in a targeted attack in the northern Gaza Strip. They were planning to attack IDF forces and posed an immediate threat (IDF Spokesperson, June 15, 2026). “Civilian” Saleh Ramadan Khalifa was reportedly killed in a strike on a tent opposite al-Razi School in the al-Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip (Shehab Agency, June 15, 2026). Muhammad al-Habil was reportedly killed with his son in a strike targeting the roof of a building in the Abu Iskandar area of the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in northern Gaza City (Shehab Agency and Quds Agency, June 15, 2026).

• • On June 17, Hussein al-Qudra and Muhammad al-Farra, operatives in Hamas’ military wing who belonged to a network transferring money to the Gaza Strip, were eliminated in a strike in the southern Gaza Strip. Al-Qudra headed the network and he, al-Farrah and other others operated under the direction of the Hamas leadership and helped transfer more than half a billion shekels to Hamas’ military wing using a network of dozens of couriers and money changers in Turkey and the Gaza Strip. The IDF noted that the funds were used by Hamas to pay salaries and finance terrorist activity against IDF forces and Israeli civilians, in violation of the ceasefire agreement (IDF Spokesperson, June 21, 2026). Muhammad Judeh al-Farra and Hussein Muhammad al-Qudra were reportedly killed in a strike on the seashore in Khan Yunis (Palestinian Media Center, June 17, 2026).

• • On June 19, Zaki Yusuf Mahmoud Abu Mustafa, commander of the special forces of the Khan Yunis Brigade in the PIJ’s military wing, was eliminated in the southern Gaza Strip. He had participated in the atrocities in Kibbutz Nir Oz during the October 7, 2023 invasion and massacre, had been directly involved in the abduction of an Israeli teenager and had been documented during the abduction. Recently he had been active in rebuilding the PIJ’s militarycapabilities in the Gaza Strip, in violation of the ceasefire agreement (IDF Spokesperson, June 21, 2026). Reportedly, “resident” Zaki Yusuf Muhammad Abu Mustafa, 41, was killed in a strike in the industrial zone in western Khan Yunis (Shehab Agency, June 19, 2026). He was a commander in the PIJ’s military wing and his body was wrapped in a Jerusalem Brigades flag for burial (journalist Isma’il Abu Omar’s Telegram channel, June 20, 2026). Later, the PIJ’s military wing confirmed he had commanded the special forces unit of the Khan Yunis Brigade (Jerusalem Brigades Telegram channel, June 25, 2026).

• • On June 20, Ahmed Samir Muhammad Washah, an Al Jazeera photographer who was also a sniper operative in Hamas’ military wing, and two other Hamas terrorists were eliminated in a strike in the central Gaza Strip. Washah promoted sniper attacks and other terrorist activity against IDF forces operating in the Gaza Strip, and posed an immediate threat. His brother, Muhammad Samir Muhammad Washah, a key operative in Hamas’ rocket and weapons production headquarters who also operated under cover as an Al Jazeera journalist, was eliminated in April 2026 (IDF Spokesperson, June 21, 2026). Later, the elimination of Sabai Zuhair Abd al-Hamid Abu Hasna was reported, a nukhba terrorist in Hamas’ military wing, who participated in the atrocities of the October 7, 2023 invasion and massacre and held an Israeli hostage. Throughout the war he had been active in planting explosive devices and had recently advanced terrorist activity to attack IDF forces in the Gaza Strip (IDF Spokesperson, June 22, 2026). Al Jazeera photographer Ahmed Samir Washah, brother of “journalist” Muhammad Washah, was reportedly killed with Sabai Abu Hasna and Abd al-Rahman Abu Gharkoud in a strike on a house in Block 3 of the al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip (Palestinian Media Center and Hamza al-Masri’s Telegram channel, June 20, 2026). Al Jazeera condemned the killing of “photographer” Ahmed Washah and the continuation Israeli occupation forces’ attacks on the network’s “reporters and staff members” in the Gaza Strip. Al Jazeera called on the international community to punish Israeli officials and adopt deterrence mechanisms (Al Jazeera, June 20, 2026).

• • On June 20, Muhammad Osama Abd al-Aziz Saba al-Aish, a Hamas nukhba terrorist who promoted training courses for operatives in the military wing and recruited terrorists, was eliminated (IDF Spokesperson, June 21, 2026). He was reportedly killed in a strike in western Khan Yunis (Quds Agency, June 20, 2026).

• • On June 20, Ahmed Munir Khalil al-Tata, the engineering officer of Hamas’ West Jabalia Battalion, was eliminated in a strike in the northern Gaza Strip. He manufactured and distributed weapons among the companies and constructed explosive devices and booby-trapped houses. He had recently attempted to plant explosive devices near the Yellow Line to attack IDF forces. In another strike in the northern Gaza Strip, Hussein al-Safadi, commanded Hamas’ sniper array in Gaza City, was eliminated. Throughout the war he had been responsible for all sniper operations targeting IDF forces in the Gaza City area, and had recently trained terrorists and promoted sniper attacks on IDF forces in violation of the ceasefire agreement (IDF Spokesperson, June 22, 2026). He was killed in an airstrike him near the al-Saftawi Junction in the northern Gaza Strip (Shehab Agency, June 20, 2026). Reportedly, four people, including Hussein al-Safadi and two children, were killed in a strike on an apartment belonging to the al-Safadi family on al-Thalathin Street in Gaza City (Hamza al-Masri Telegram channel, June 20, 2026).

• • On June 21, Akram Muhammad Mahmoud Abu Madhi was eliminated in a strike in the southern Gaza Strip. He was an operative in Hamas’ military wing and participated in the atrocities of the October 7, 2023 invasion and massacre. In recent months, he had helped rebuild Hamas and promote terrorist activity against IDF forces and Israeli civilians (IDF Spokesperson, June 24, 2026). Reportedly, a strike on a “group of families” near the Dream Palace hall in western Khan Yunis killed Akram Muhammad Muhammad Abu Madhi, 31, and an eight-year-old girl, and wounded several other people (Hamza al-Masri Telegram channel and al-Araby al-Jadeed, June 21, 2026).

• • On June 22, it was reported that “paramedic” Maysara al-Khawaja, who worked for the ministry of health in Gaza, was killed in an airstrike on a “civilian” vehicle near al-Amada Cafeteria in the al-Mawasi area of Khan Yunis (Shehab Agency and Hamza al-Masri Telegram channel, June 22, 2026). The PIJ’s military wing said he had been a platoon commander in the military ambulance unit of the Rafah Brigade (Jerusalem Brigades Telegram channel, July 5, 2026).

     
Right: Nassar (al-Khawaja) (Shehab Agency, June 22, 2026). Left: Jerusalem Brigades death notice issued for Nassar (Jerusalem Brigades Telegram channel, July 5, 2026)

• • On June 23, terrorist operative Adam Muhammad Ibrahim Abu Hayayed, a commander in PIJ’s production array (the unit responsible for manufacturing and supplying all weapons for the military wing) was eliminated in a targeted strike in Khan Yunis. He had been involved in various activities within the production array and had commanded the manufacture of additional weapons to attack IDF forces and Israeli civilians (IDF Spokesperson, June 25, 2026). He was killed in an Israeli strike near Street 5 in the al-Mawasi area of Khan Yunis (Shehab Agency, June 24, 2026). The PIJ military wing confirmed he had been an assistant in the military production unit (Jerusalem Brigades Telegram channel, July 5, 2026).

   
Right: Abu Hayayed (Quds Agency, June 24, 2026). Left: Jerusalem Brigades death notice issued for Abu Hayayed (Jerusalem Brigades Telegram channel, July 5, 2026)

• • On June 23, Isma’il al-Masri, head of military security in Hamas’ Rafah Brigade, was eliminated. He had been a senior figure in Hamas mechanisms within the Rafah Brigade and responsible for advancing activities to restrict the IDF’s freedom of operation in the Gaza Strip. During the war he coordinated the Brigade’s security and counterintelligence activities and helped rebuild and strengthen the military security apparatus to attack IDF forces (IDF Spokesperson, June 29, 2026). Reportedly, “displaced person” Isma’il Muhammad al-Masri, aka Abu Shahed, 48, from Rafah, was killed in a strike on a tent near the Ayad well in the al-Mawasi area of Khan Yunis (Quds Agency, Shehab Agency and Qadeyah1 X account, June 23, 2026).

• • On June 24, Kamal Muhammad Hamdan al-Najjar, head of the tunnel unit in the Khan Yunis sector of Hamas’ military wing, was eliminated in Khan Yunis. Throughout the war and particularly in recent months, he had advanced terrorist activity against IDF forces in the Gaza Strip and posed an immediate threat (IDF Spokesperson, June 28, 2026). Reportedly, “resident ” Kamal Muhammad Hamdan al-Najjar died several hours after being wounded in a strike in the al-Mawasi area of Khan Yunis (Shehab Agency, June 24, 2026).

• • On June 25, Walid Haniyeh was eliminated. He was deputy commander of a Hamas nukhba company and nephew of former head of the political bureau Isma’il Haniyeh, who was eliminated in July 2024. In recent months, Haniyeh had recruited new terrorists to Hamas, led theoretical training for the nukhba company under his command and posed a threat. He had commanded a terrorist squad during the invasion and massacre of October 7, 2023 and had personally participated in the atrocities. He was also involved in directing and issuing instructions to a terrorist squad during the abduction of Israeli civilians to the Gaza Strip (IDF Spokesperson, June 27, 2026). He died after being wounded in a strike on the Italian Compound in the al-Nasr neighborhood in western Gaza City (Quds Agency, June 26, 2026). Hamas-affiliated channels confirmed that Walid Majdi Haniyeh, aka al-Libi, had been one of the commanders of the nukhba company of the al-Shati Battalion in Hamas’ military wing (al-Siyad Telegram channel, June 26, 2026). Hundreds of people attended his funeral and chanted pro-al-Qassam Brigades slogans and against Israel and the Jews, including: “Khaybar, Khaybar, O Jews… October 7 will return” (Shehab Agency, June 26, 2026).

• • On June 25, Abd al-Rahman Maher Ziyada died after being wounded four days earlier in a strike on a tent at the Ibn Sina School compound in western Gaza (Palestine Post Facebook page and Hamza al-Masri’s Telegram channel, June 25, 2026). The IDF reported that Abd al-Rahman Maher Abd al-Karim Ziyada, a nukhba squad commander in Hamas’ military wing, was eliminated in a strike in the al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza on June 24. Ziyada participated in the atrocities of the October 7, 2023 invasion and massacre, stole and IDF vehicle and drove it into the Gaza Strip. Throughout the war and recent months he had promoted terrorist activity against IDF forces in the Gaza Strip and posed an immediate threat (IDF Spokesperson, June 28, 2026).

     
Right: Ziyada (Palestine Post Facebook page, June 25, 2026).
Left: Ziyada on October 7, 2023 (IDF Spokesperson, June 28, 2026)

• • On June 26, Mansour Sami Mahmoud Shahtut, commander of Hamas’ Central Camps naval police, was eliminated in a strike in the central Gaza Strip together with Muhammad Nofal and Mahdi Jabr, also commanders in the naval police, which operates as part of the Hamas military wing. They were eliminated while driving in a vehicle armed with weapons and posing a threat to IDF forces. Shahtut had recently promoted naval police terrorist activity against IDF forces (IDF Spokesperson, June 28, 2026). Hamas’ ministry of interior and national security said three members of the police apparatus in the central Gaza district were killed in the strike on their vehicle in the al-Maghrabi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip: captain Mansour Sami Shahtut, aka Abu Ziyad, 38; captain Muhammad Khaled Nofal, 34; and master sergeant Mahdi Jabr, 37. The ministry condemned the targeting of “civilian police officers” to spread chaos in the Gaza Strip (al-Siyad TV and Shehab Agency, June 26, 2026).

     
Right: The three eliminated terrorist operatives (IDF Spokesperson, June 26, 2026). Left: Shahtut (Qadeyah1 X account, June 26, 2026)

• • On June 27, Zaher Ibrahim Khalil Abu Salem, a PIJ terrorist who participated in the atrocities of the October 7, 2023 invasion and massacre, was eliminated in a strike in the northern Gaza Strip. He personally abducted Israeli civilians from their homes and held them captive. Throughout the war, including after the ceasefire began, Abu Salem advanced numerous terrorist attacks on IDF forces and Israeli civilians and posed a threat (IDF Spokesperson, June 29, 2026). Reportedly, he died several hours after being wounded in a strike on a tent in the al-Mawasi area of Khan Yunis (Shehab Agency, June 27, 2026).

     
Right: Abu Salem’s “ID card” (IDF Spokesperson, June 29, 2026).
Left: Abu Salem (Qadeyah1 X account, June 27, 2026)

• • On June 28, Talal Jaber Muhammad Abd al-Aal, who had held a number of positions in the PIJ, was eliminated in a strike in the southern Gaza Strip. He commanded a terrorist squad which participated in the atrocities of the October 7, 2023 invasion and massacre. Throughout the war, he personally held Israeli hostages abducted by PIJ in the southern Gaza Strip (IDF Spokesperson, June 30, 2026). Reportedly, “civilian” Talal Jaber Muhammad Abd al-Aal, 45, was killed in an Israeli bombardment in the al-Mawasi area of Khan Yunis (Shehab Agency, June 28, 2026). His body was wrapped for burial in the PIJ flag (Quds Agency, June 29, 2026). PIJ’s military wing confirmed that he had been an assistant in the central operations unit (Jerusalem Brigades Telegram channel, July 5, 2026).

     
Right: Abd al-Aal’s “ID card” (IDF Spokesperson, June 30, 2026). Left: Jerusalem Brigades death notice issued for al-Aal (Jerusalem Brigades Telegram channel, July 5, 2026)

• • On June 29, Ali Kayed Muhammad Satitan, a PIJ special forces platoon commander who participated in the atrocities of the October 7, 2023 invasion and massacre, was eliminated in a precision strike in the central Gaza Strip. Throughout the war and after the ceasefire, he promoted terrorist activity against IDF forces and Israeli civilians and therefore posed a threat (IDF Spokesperson, June 30, 2026). Reportedly, Ali Kayed Satitan, aka Abu al-Hasan, was killed in a strike in Deir al-Balah (June 29, 2026). Reportedly, Satitan, who had converted to Shi’a five years earlier, had “charged” into the “occupied lands” during al-Aqsa Flood. He established a small school named Fatima al-Zahra to spread the teachings of the Prophet’s family. Despite his youth, he commanded a Jerusalem Brigades special forces unit (operations Instagram channel, July 1, 2026).

     
Right: Satitan (Qadeyah1 X account, June 29, 2026).
Left: Satitan in the uniform of PIJ’s military wing (operations Instagram channel, July 1, 2026)

• • On June 29, Muhammad Fathi Abd al-Hay Abu Fakher, commander of the Yibna Battalion in the Rafah Brigade of Hamas’ military wing, was eliminated. He had recently recruited new terrorists to the battalion, led their training and took action to restore the battalion’s capabilities to attack IDF forces. He was a veteran Hamas commander and one of the senior figures in the supply department of the military wing. For 20 years he had been a key figure in Hamas’ smuggling apparatus and had managed and directed weapons smuggling into the Gaza Strip and supplied materiel for the continued activity of Hamas’ military wing (IDF Spokesperson, June 30, 2026). Muhammad Fathi Abu Fakher and Khalil Hassan Khalil al-Louqa were reportedly killed in a strike on a tent erected on the seashore in Khan Yunis (Hamza al-Masri Telegram channel, June 29, 2026). Reportedly, Muhammad Abu Fakher, aka Abu Fathi, was a commander in the al-Qassam Brigades in the Rafah Brigade (al-Ghazawi al-Jallad al-Hajj’s X account, June 30, 2026).

     
Right: Abu Fakher’s “ID card”^[15] (IDF Spokesperson, June 30, 2026).
Left: Abu Fakher (al-Ghazawi al-Jallad al-Hajj’s X account, June 30, 2026)

• • On June 30, Adel Jihad Muhammad Asfour, a platoon commander in Hamas’ military wing, was eliminated in the southern Gaza Strip. Throughout the war, he promoted sniper attacks and planted IEDs to attack IDF forces operating in the Gaza Strip. He continued to promote terrorist activity against IDF forces and helped restore Hamas’ militarycapabilities, posing a threat (IDF Spokesperson, July 1, 2026). He was reportedly killed in a strike near the Asdaa amusement park in Khan Yunis (Palestinian Information Center, June 30, 2026). An unofficial photo uploaded to social media showed him as a commander in the al-Qassam Brigades (Saadat al-Ayyam’s X account, July 1, 2026).

     
Right: Asfour (Hamza al-Masri Telegram channel, June 30, 2026).
Left: Death notice issued for Mansour (Saadat al-Ayyam’s X account, July 1, 2026)

• •   During the last week of June, several Hamas military wing operatives involved in promoting terrorist activity against IDF forces in the Gaza Strip were eliminated: Wael Mahmoud Ali Labad, whose field was anti-tank warfare; Muadh Muhammad Hassan Ahmed, who was active in anti-tank warfare; Sameh Abu Kamil, who commanded a military wing platoon; Akram Ashraf Hamad Labad, a sniper in the military wing (IDF Spokesperson, July 1, 2026). Reportedly, Wael Mahmoud Labad, 24, and Muadh Muhammad Ahmed, 20, were killed in a strike on several “residents in the al-Salatin area of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip” (Shehab Agency and Sahat X account, July 28, 2026). Sameh Abu Kamil died after being wounded in an “occupation” strike on al-Jalaa Street in Gaza City (Quds Agency, June 28, 2026). His body was wrapped in an Izz al-Din Brigades flag for burial and a rifle was placed on it; participants chanted slogans supporting the “struggle” against Israel (al-Siyad TV, June 28, 2026).

• • During June Hamas’ military wing issued the names of 224 commanders and operatives who had been killed since October 7, 2023, including after the ceasefire which began in October 2025. In total, the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades have revealed the names of more than 700 fatalities since January 2026 (Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades and Aqmar al-Tufan Telegram channels, June 1-30, 2026). The PIJ’s military wing issued the names of 179 commanders and operatives who were killed, and in total the names of more than 540 fatalities have been revealed since February 2026 (Jerusalem Brigades Telegram channel, June 1-30, 2026). The publication of the names confirmed that fatalities who had been claimed as “journalists and media” personnel belonged to the military wings: Husam Saleh Ahmed al-Adlouni, who was allegedly an “independent press photographer” was a field commander in the military media department of Hamas’ Khan Yunis Brigade; Helmi Mahmoud Helmi al-Faqaawi, a “journalist” at the PIJ-affiliated Palestine Today agency, was a deputy platoon commander in the central combat media unit of PIJ’s Khan Yunis Brigade.^[16].

     
Right: Hamas poster announcing al-Adlouni’s death (Aqmar al-Tufan Telegram channel, June 2, 2026). Left: PIJ poster announcing al-Faqaawi’s death (Jerusalem Brigades Telegram channel, June 9, 2026)

Rocket fire

• No rockets were fired at Israel from the Gaza Strip during June 2026.

Annual Distribution of Rocket Hits

Terrorist Attacks

• There were two terrorist attacks in June 2026 compared to one in May. Both took place inside Israel. One Israeli civilian was killed and five people were wounded:^[17]
  • Stabbing in the Galilee: On June 5, an Israeli Arab terrorist armed with a knife went to the Western Galilee police station in Kafr Yasif and charged at a Border Police officer stationed at the entrance. The officer was not injured and subdued the attacker, 23, from Jadeidi-Makr (Israel Police Spokesperson and Israeli media, June 5, 2026).
  • Shooting near the Palestinian Authority border: On June 7, an Israeli Arab terrorist, Omar Mandar Yassin, 21, from Tayibe, shot at several locations near the PA border. He began at the gas station in Kokhav Ya’ir and then fired an improvised submachine gun at the entrances to the communities of Tzur Yitzhak, Tzur Natan and Sla’it. Israeli security forces launched a manhunt and killed him near the Tayibe quarries. An Israeli reserve soldier was killed in the attack and five other people were seriously wounded. An accomplice was detained after trying to stab the team of detectives who arrived to question him (IDF Spokesperson, Israel Police Telegram channel and Israeli media, June 7, 2026). Subsequently, three Israeli Arab citizens, two residents of Tayibe and one from Baqa al-Gharbiyeh, were detained on suspicion of assisting Yassin, and one of them was charged with supplying him with the weapon used in the attack (Israel Police Spokesperson and ISA Spokesperson, July 2, 2026). Hamas praised the attacks in Kokhav Ya’ir (Hamas Telegram channel, June 5, 2026). Abu Obeida, spokesman for the Hamas military wing, also praised the attack and claimed it was an act of “self-defense.” He called on young people in east Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria and the “interior” to fulfill their role in al-Aqsa Flood by “escalating their activities”(Abu Obeida’s Telegram channel, June 7, 2026).

Significant Terrorist Attacks, 2024^[18]

Annual Distribution of Significant Terrorist Attacks

Counterterrorism

• During June 2026 the Israeli security forces continued routine counterterrorism operations throughout Judea and Samaria. They eliminated terrorists who threw rocks, Molotov cocktails and IEDs, and detained hundreds of wanted persons and suspects involved in terrorist activity, planning and carrying out attacks, and manufacturing and trafficking in weapons. They seized weapons, drones, IEDs and lathes, and funds intended to finance terrorist activity and incitement propaganda. The security forces also prevented weapons from being smuggled across the Jordanian and Egyptian borders (IDF Spokesperson and Israeli media, June 1-30, 2026):^[19]
  • On June 4, Israeli security forces in the village of Baytin near Ramallah identified several terrorists throwing Molotov cocktails at Israeli vehicles on a main road. The soldiers opened fire at the terrorists, killing one, and pursued the remaining suspects (IDF Spokesperson, June 4, 2026). The ministry of health in Ramallah reported that Haitham Izz al-Din Omar Hamida, 18, was killed in the village of Baytin, east of Ramallah (Quds Agency, June 5, 2026). Hamas issued a death notice for “Palestinian shaheed” Haitham Izz al-Din Omar Hamida (Hamas in the West Bank Telegram channel, June 5, 2026).

• • On June 4, Israeli security forces detained two terrorists who had recently been involved in promoting terrorist activity against the security forces and Israeli civilians in the Jenin and al-Yamun areas. One of the detainees had reportedly been a member of the terrorist network in Jenin which was dismantled during Operation Iron Wall and had raised funds to promote terrorist activity (IDF Spokesperson, June 5, 2026). The Palestinian Prisoner’s Club reported that “occupation” forces had detained Qusay Khair Allah from the Jenin refugee camp after raiding his residence in the town of al-Yamun, and Dhirgham Zakarna from the Wadi Izz al-Din neighborhood in Jenin (Quds Agency, June 4, 2026).

• • On June 21, the identities of key operatives in Hamas’ West Bank network operating from Turkey and promoting terrorist activity from Judea and Samaria were revealed: Ayman al-Sharawna, who recruited operatives and promoted terrorist activity; Muhammad al-Mallah, originally from the Tulkarm area, who divided his time between Turkey and Qatar, and helped transfer funds for terrorism; Majed al-Jaaba, who helped smuggle the weapon used in the November 2023 attack at the Tunnels Checkpoint; Walid Abu Nasser, who financed a terrorist network in Bethlehem; and Salam Yaish, who recruited terrorist operatives for attacks. Reportedly, during the past year, dozens of attacks directed by operatives of Hamas’ West Bank headquarters, who have been operating unhindered from Turkish territory, were prevented. Their activities included recruiting operatives for attacks, transferring weapons and funds for terrorist operations and meeting with terrorist operatives from Judea and Samaria (IDF Spokesperson and ISA Spokesperson, June 21, 2026).

• • On June 21, Israeli security forces identified terrorists setting tires on fire and throwing Molotov cocktails at the community of Karmei Tzur in Gush Etzion. The soldiers shot and killed two of the terrorists and wounded another. There were no Israeli casualties (IDF Spokesperson, June 21, 2026). Reportedly, Rida Sami Hassan Awad, 15, and Issa Arafat Isma’il Awad, 19, from Beit Ummar north of Hebron, were shot and killed near Karmei Tzur. Israeli security forces detained Issa Awad’s brother (Quds Agency and Shehab Agency, June 22, 2026). Hamas issued a death notice for the shaheeds from Hebron, the “youth” Issa Arafat Isma’il Awad and the “child ” Rida Sami Hassan Awad, accusing the “continued killing” of the Palestinian people of being “a continuation of the crimes of the occupation government.” Hamas called for escalating all forms of resistance^[20] and confronting the “occupation” (Hamas Telegram channel, June 22, 2026).

• • On June 24, Israeli security forces eliminated Muhammad Zayed, an arms dealer who has supplied the weapon to the terrorist who shot and seriously wounded two IDF soldiers in 2025. When the soldiers attempted to arrest him in the village of Yamun, he attacked them; he was shot and killed (IDF Spokesperson and ISA Spokesperson, June 24, 2026). Palestinian sources reported that Muhammad Nazem Zayed, 29, was killed after Israeli undercover forces surrounded a building in the town of Yamun, west of Jenin (Quds Agency, June 24, 2026). Senior Hamas figure Abd al-Rahman Shaeed said Zayed’s elimination would only bring the occupation more “attacks and disappointments” and would not stop the “growing wave of resistance” in Judea and Samaria. He added that targeted killings and detentions would not give Israel security or stability, but would increase the Palestinian determination to “struggle” and strengthen the Palestinians’ adherence to their ” principles”^[21] (Hamas in the West Bank Telegram channel, June 24, 2026). Hamas issued a death notice for Muhammad Nazem Izzat Zayid, who was killed by an Israeli undercover force in al-Yamun, (Hamas in the West Bank Telegram channel, June 24, 2026).

• During June 2026, the security forces also thwarted terrorist activity inside the State of Israel:
  • On June 8, it was reported that Yousef Ghazzawi, 18, from Ibillin, was detained after planning to carry out an attack against a Jewish community. Reportedly, he gathered information on the use of firearms and the preparation of IEDs and had attempted to purchase weapons. During the investigation, various types of ammunition were seized at his home. The investigation found that he supported Hamas and wanted to carry out missions and attacks on behalf of the movement (Israel Police Spokesperson, June 8, 2026).
  • On June 8, an indictment was filed against Imran Sarsour, 26, from Kafr Qasim and a student at the Shenkar College of Engineering, Design and Art in Ramat Gan, on charges of online incitement in the service of Hamas’ propaganda network. According to the indictment, he communicated through the Telegram application with operatives from Cell 48, affiliated with Hamas and responsible for conducting influence campaigns on social media whose objective was deepening divisions within Israel. He opened a fictitious X account as an Israeli Jew named “Daniel Rosenberg” and disseminated incitement propaganda, including posts, cartoons, images and videos, which were said to have been carefully selected to undermine public trust in the Israeli leadership, provoke public discord and encourage protests against the continuation of the fighting, as well as content related to the hostages and posts calling on people to refuse military service. He also attempted to recruit one of his friends to open a similar fictitious profile but the friend refused. Sarsour confessed during interrogation and told investigators he had acted without financial compensation, but rather out of “deep identification” (Israeli media, June 8, 2026).
  • On June 2, an Israeli Arab from Umm al-Fahm was detained following a covert investigation on suspicion of serious security offenses and weapons trafficking. During a search of his home, two M16 rifles, an improvised Carlo machinegun and several magazines were seized. Following the completion of the investigation, an indictment was filed against him (Israel Police and ISA Spokespersons, June 25, 2026).

• On June 8, 2026, Yahya Saree, spokesman for the Houthi armed forces, claimed responsibility for an attack on “sensitive targets in the occupied Jaffa area” using a barrage of missiles. He claimed all the missiles had hit their targets. The attacks were carried out simultaneously with the Iranian launches. He announced a comprehensive, absolute ban on the movement of Israeli vessels in the Red Sea and threatened that any “enemy movement” would be regarded as a “legitimate target” for the Houthi armed forces (Yahya Saree’s Telegram channel, June 8, 2026). The IDF Spokesperson reported the interception of a ballistic missile and a UAV launched from Yemen, and another missile launched at Israel reportedly fell in Saudi Arabia. There were no casualties (IDF Spokesperson and Israeli media, June 8, 2026). The Houthi attack was carried out with the Iranian missile attacks on Israel, first in response to the IDF strike in the Dahiyeh al-Janoubia in Beirut and then in response to the Israeli strike in Iran.^[22]

• In June 2026 “Israeli occupation forces” reportedly continued to “invade” villages in the rural areas of the Quneitra and Daraa governorates, including the Yarmouk Basin area near the Syria-Israel-Jordan tri-border region, during which checkpoints were erected, searches were conducted and residents were detained for questioning (SANA, the Syrian News Agency, and the Syrian Observatory, June 1-30, 2026).
• On June 27, IDF forces eliminated two armed terrorists who were advancing toward the Israeli border near the village of Khader, inside the security buffer zone in south Syria (IDF Spokesperson and Israeli media, June 28, 2026). According to Israeli security establishment assessment, the armed men had been sent by Iran or the Quds Force to carry out a terrorist attack (Israeli TV channel Kan 11, June 29, 2026).
• On the night of June 28, shots were reportedly fired at IDF forces operating in the security zone in south Syria. There were no casualties among the IDF forces, who returned fire and launched mortar shells; an attack helicopter struck an open area to assist the forces (IDF Spokesperson, June 29, 2026). Syrian media claimed IDF forces had fired artillery at the vicinity of the village of Abdin in the Yarmouk Basin, in the western rural area of Daraa, while fighter aircraft and UAVs flew over the area. Ahmed al-Hajjar, operations commander of the civil defense in the emergency and disaster management administration in south Syria, said there were no casualties or property damage, but some local residents left their homes and fled to other villages in the area. Calm was restored several hours later, and the Israeli forces reportedly withdrew from al-Maghar Hill and the outskirts of the village (SANA and Syria TV, June 2026). The Syrian foreign ministry condemned the Israeli incursions into the Quneitra and Daraa governorates, accusing Israel of violating of sovereignty, territorial integrity and international law (Syrian foreign ministry Telegram channel, June 29, 2026). Abu Obeida, spokesman for the Hamas military wing, praised “the heroic Syrian people” who “confronted the occupation forces in the village of Abdin and refused to surrender” (Abu Obeida’s Telegram channel, June 29, 2026).

• On June 7, the Greek security services arrested a 37-year-old Palestinian on the island of Crete, originally from the Gaza Strip, on suspicion of belonging to Hamas and planning terrorist attacks on Israeli targets. According to the reports, the suspect, who had been residing legally in Greece and working at a hotel in Crete, was arrested following information gathered during the investigation of Palestinian suspects who had been arrested in Cyprus in May 2026. He admitted he had been in contact with at least one of the suspects and had gone with him to Malaysia to receive explosives training. It was also reported that he admitted involvement in efforts to advance terrorist attacks on Israeli targets in a European country, although he claimed that the plan was still in the planning stages and he was still trying to obtain the necessary materials. According to Greek security officials, an intended target was an Israeli cruise ship (Greek media, June 7, 2026).