حَمَاسُ تُعْلِنُ مَقْتَلَ قَائِدٍ فِي غَارَةٍ عَلَى خَانْ يُونُسَ
Hamas’s armed wing said Rafah brigade commander Samir Mahmoud Abu Younis was killed in a strike in Khan Younis. Medical personnel reported that two other people were wounded.
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حَمَاسُ تُعْلِنُ مَقْتَلَ قَائِدٍ فِي غَارَةٍ عَلَى خَانْ يُونُسَ
أَعْلَنَتْ كَتَائِبُ الْقَسَّامِ، الْجَنَاحُ الْمُسَلَّحُ لِحَرَكَةِ حَمَاسَ، يَوْمَ الْأَحَدِ، مَقْتَلَ سَمِيرِ مَحْمُودِ أَبِي يُونُسَ. وَقَالَتِ الْكَتَائِبُ إِنَّهُ كَانَ قَائِدَ لِوَاءِ رَفَحَ. وَقُتِلَ فِي غَارَةٍ إِسْرَائِيلِيَّةٍ عَلَى مَنْطِقَةِ الْمَوَاصِي فِي خَانْ يُونُسَ، جَنُوبَ قِطَاعِ غَزَّةَ، يَوْمَ السَّبْتِ، الرَّابِعَ عَشَرَ مِنْ نُوفَمْبَرَ.
وَقَالَ الْجَيْشُ الْإِسْرَائِيلِيُّ إِنَّهُ اسْتَهْدَفَ شَخْصًا كَبِيرًا فِي الْجَنَاحِ الْمُسَلَّحِ لِحَمَاسَ، لَكِنَّهُ لَمْ يَذْكُرِ اسْمَهُ. وَأَفَادَ الْعَامِلُونَ فِي مُجَمَّعِ نَاصِرٍ الطِّبِّيِّ بِمَقْتَلِ شَخْصٍ وَإِصَابَةِ شَخْصَيْنِ آخَرَيْنِ فِي الْغَارَةِ. وَقَالَتِ الْكَتَائِبُ إِنَّ أَبَا يُونُسَ كَانَ أَيْضًا عُضْوًا فِي مَجْلِسِهَا الْعَسْكَرِيِّ الْعَامِّ.
وَتَقَعُ الْمَوَاصِي عَلَى سَاحِلِ الْبَحْرِ الْمُتَوَسِّطِ، وَيَسْكُنُ فِيهَا نَازِحُونَ فِي خِيَامٍ. وَيَأْتِي الْهَجُومُ فِي وَقْتٍ تَتَوَاصَلُ فِيهِ هَجَمَاتٌ وَإِصَابَاتٌ فِي غَزَّةَ. فَقَدْ بَدَأَ وَقْفُ إِطْلَاقِ النَّارِ فِي أُكْتُوبَرَ ٢٠٢٥، لَكِنَّ الْهَجَمَاتِ لَمْ تَتَوَقَّفْ. وَقَالَتْ وِزَارَةُ الصِّحَّةِ فِي غَزَّةَ إِنَّ هَجَمَاتٍ خِلَالَ الْيَوْمَيْنِ السَّابِقَيْنِ قَتَلَتْ سِتَّةَ عَشَرَ شَخْصًا وَأَصَابَتْ ثَمَانِيَةً وَسِتِّينَ، وَفْقَ مَا نَقَلَتْهُ الْجَزِيرَةُ. وَيُظْهِرُ ذٰلِكَ أَنَّ الْهُدْنَةَ لَمْ تُنْهِ الْخَطَرَ عَلَى سُكَّانِ الْقِطَاعِ.
English translation
On Sunday, the Qassam Brigades, Hamas’s armed wing, announced the death of Samir Mahmoud Abu Younis. The Brigades said he was the commander of the Rafah brigade. He was killed in an Israeli strike on Saturday, November 14, in the al-Mawasi area of Khan Younis, in southern Gaza.
The Israeli military said it had targeted a senior figure in Hamas’s armed wing but did not give his name. Staff at Nasser Medical Complex reported that one person was killed and two others were wounded in the strike. The Brigades also said Abu Younis was a member of its General Military Council.
Al-Mawasi is on the Mediterranean coast, and displaced people live there in tents. The strike comes as attacks and injuries continue in Gaza. The ceasefire began in October 2025, but attacks have not stopped. Gaza’s Ministry of Health said attacks over the previous two days had killed 16 people and wounded 68, according to Al Jazeera. This shows that the truce has not ended the danger to people in the territory.
Key vocabulary
| Arabic | English | Part of speech |
|---|---|---|
| الْجَنَاحُ الْمُسَلَّحُ | armed wing | noun phrase |
| قَائِدٌ | commander | noun |
| لِوَاءٌ | brigade | noun |
| غَارَةٌ | airstrike | noun |
| اِسْتَهْدَفَ | to target | verb |
| أَفَادَ | to report | verb |
| نَازِحُونَ | displaced people | noun |
| وَقْفُ إِطْلَاقِ النَّارِ | ceasefire | noun phrase |
| هُدْنَةٌ | truce | noun |
| إِصَابَةٌ | injury | noun |
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