IDF: Key Hamas financier, senior militants killed in Gaza strikes

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement on Friday that it killed Saeed Ahmad Abed Khudari, allegedly a key Hamas money exchanger, in Gaza City.

According to the IDF, Khudari, who was struck and killed on Thursday, was "a key terror financing facilitator within Hamas."

During his role as a money exchanger, Khudari served as the head of the Al Wefaq Co. fund, which was declared a terrorist organization by the Israeli government "due to its involvement in the funneling of money to terrorist entities," the IDF said.

According to the IDF, Khudari was "involved in numerous financial transfers to Hamas' military wing" over the years, specifically after October 7, 2023.

His involvement increased following the killing of his brother, Hamed Khudari, in 2019, who had also served as a primary financial conduit for Hamas' military operations, the IDF said.

In two other statements on Friday, the IDF said it had killed Mohammed Hassan Mohammed Awad, a senior military commander in the Palestinian Mujahideen Movement, who was allegedly involved in the kidnapping and murder of Israelis, and Mohammed Saleh Mohammed Al-Bardawil, an alleged propaganda and psychological operative in Hamas' military wing.