The IDF and Shin Bet eliminated yesterday Muhammad Fathi Abd al-Hay Abu Fakhr, commander of the 'Yavne' battalion in Hamas' Rafah Brigade. According to the IDF and Shin Bet, Abu Fakhr worked to recruit terrorists to the terror organization in recent times, led their training and attempted to rehabilitate the battalion's capabilities. In addition, he was a veteran Hamas commander and one of the senior members of the military wing's supply department, and was also a key figure in the terror organization's smuggling apparatus for approximately 20 years.

