The IDF and Shin Bet struck and eliminated terrorist Mansour Sami Mahmoud Shahatout, commander of the Hamas naval police for the central camps, in the central Gaza Strip the day before yesterday. The IDF and Shin Bet also reported that Shahatout "had recently been working to advance terrorist operations against IDF forces. Two additional terrorists who were commanders in the Hamas naval police were eliminated with him in the strike. The naval police operates under the military wing of the terror organization and advances and directs terrorist operations against IDF forces and the State of Israel."

