The IDF and Shin Bet announced the elimination of Hamas terrorist Akram Bassam Shaaban Yassi, a senior official in Hamas's general security apparatus in the Gaza Strip. The IDF and Shin Bet carried out an intelligence-directed strike in the Gaza City area. The general security apparatus is a central and clandestine mechanism responsible for securing senior Hamas officials. Senior officials in the apparatus are tasked with protecting Hamas leaders, including gathering intelligence on security forces, assisting the organization's leaders in decision-making and executing terror plans against the State of Israel.

