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❗️Israel assassinates Qassam commander Imad Hussein Aslim in Gaza
Palestinians in Gaza have confirmed the assassination of senior Qassam Brigades commander Imad Hassan Hussein Aslim, who served as both commander of the Al-Zaytoun Battalion and deputy commander of Hamas’ Gaza Brigade.
Aslim was killed in an Israeli strike on Gaza after surviving at least six previous assassination attempts, a detail confirmed by his brother.
His sister told Palestine Today that all of his sons, who participated in the resistance, had been "martyred in their struggle against the Israeli occupation."
According to Asharq Al-Awsat, Aslim, 51, was a veteran member of Hamas and part of the generation of Qassam commanders that emerged during the Second Intifada. A resident of Gaza City's Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, he participated in operations against Israeli incursions into eastern Gaza, later rising through the military ranks to command the Eastern Battalion before taking charge of the unified Al-Zaytoun Battalion.
He also oversaw training within the Gaza Brigade and headed its Combat Support Battalion before returning to lead Al-Zaytoun after 2019.
Aslim played key roles in several major military campaigns, including during the Second Intifada and the 2014 war on Gaza.
He was reportedly responsible for the tunnel used in the well-known Nahal Oz operation and later became deputy commander of the Gaza Brigade under Muhannad Rajab after Izz al-Din al-Haddad was elevated to military chief of the Qassam Brigades.
He sustained injuries in at least one of the assassination attempts against him.
The Israeli military and Shin Bet issued a joint statement announcing the assassination, which marks the third assassination of a senior Qassam Brigades official in Gaza in less than two weeks, amid an evident escalation in Israeli strikes targeting both resistance figures and civilians across the Strip.