The IDF and Shin Bet eliminated the finance chief of Hamas's military wing, who was also an aide to the wing's deputy commander Marwan Issa until he was eliminated in March 2024. In a joint operation on June 17, 2025 in central Gaza Strip, terrorist Ibrahim Abu-Shmala was targeted and eliminated. "As part of his role, he planned and managed the wing's budget during the war, and implemented it through a mechanism of transfers and smuggling of terror funds into Gaza, amounting to millions of dollars for the military wing. Through these funds, Abu-Shmala contributed to Hamas's armament capabilities and enabled the distribution of salaries to the organization's terrorists," the IDF spokesperson stated.
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