IDF, Shin Bet kill Hamas interior ministry ops chief

Mabhough has been in charge of all of Hamas's internal security forces both during the war and during peacetime.

 IDF troops operate in Gaza. February 24, 2024. (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)
IDF troops operate in Gaza. February 24, 2024.
(photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)

During the IDF and the Shin Bet's reinvasion of Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza on Monday, they killed Hamas's Interior Ministry Operations Chief Faack Mabhough.

Mabhough has been in charge of all of Hamas's internal security forces both during the war and during peacetime.

 Israeli soldiers inspect the Al Shifa hospital complex, amid their ground operation against Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Gaza City, November 15, 2023 (credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)
Israeli soldiers inspect the Al Shifa hospital complex, amid their ground operation against Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Gaza City, November 15, 2023 (credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)

Mabhough killed during gunfire exchange 

Israeli forces killed Mabhough during an exchange of gunfire when he resisted arrest and had been trying to hide within the Shifa complex.

In the room next to his hiding spot, significant Hamas weaponry was located.