The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) says five operatives were killed in recent strikes across southern Gaza, targeting members of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad. According to the Israeli military, a strike in Khan Younis killed three members of "Islamic Jihad": Muhammad Abu Hajjaj, an engineering operative; Yousef Abu Razak, a deputy squad commander; and Abdelhamid Jadallah, a rocket operative. The IDF says they were planning attacks on Israeli troops. A separate strike near the Mu'awiya Mosque in the Al-Mawasi area of Rafah killed two men identified by the IDF as Hamas operatives: Salah al-Din Iyad Abdul Hamid and Izz al-Din Iyad Diab Barhoum. The military linked both to Hamas's Rafah Brigade and identified Salah al-Din as a member of its elite Nukhba Force.