Johanna Moore, Kelly Campa, Alexandra Braverman, Nicholas Carl

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The IDF Air Force targeted the al Nour Association in Tuffah neighborhood, Gaza City, on May 30. The IDF stated that the al Nour Association facilitated millions of dollars in Hamas money transfers, some of which financed Hamas activity in the West Bank. The al Nour Association also transferred Hamas payments to families of killed or detained Hamas fighters.

Israeli forces engaged Palestinian fighters and destroyed Palestinian militia infrastructure in the central Gaza Strip on June 1. The IDF Unit 888 launched an operation into the Sabra neighborhood and located tunnel shafts and weapons. The IDF 679th Yiftah Brigade located a munitions warehouse that contained “dozens“ of rocket components.

The IDF Air Force has killed three Hamas officials in the central Gaza Strip over the past week. The IDF Air Force killed Mansour Adel Mansour Kashalan in Nuseirat on May 30. The IDF said that Kashalan coordinated with "terrorist organizations” in the Gaza Strip and in other countries. Kashalan promoted and planned Hamas attacks in Israel and the West Bank. The IDF Air Force also killed Tareq Darwish in Nuseirat on May 31.  The IDF said that Darwish contributed significantly to the Nuseirat Battalion's air defenses and tried to “impede the IDF’s freedom of aerial action” in the Gaza Strip over the past month. The IDF Air Force also killed Walid Abd Abu Dalal in the central Gaza Strip in the past week. Dalal served in the al Qassem Brigades and as the head of the Technology Department under Hamas’s internal security organization. The IDF stated that Hamas’ Technology Directorate plays a central role in Hamas’ espionage activities.

Key Takeaways:

• Gaza Strip: The IDF Air Force has killed three Hamas officials in the central Gaza Strip over the past week. Israeli forces continued clearing operations in Rafah.

• West Bank: Israeli forces engaged Palestinian fighters in five locations in the West Bank.

• Southern Lebanon and Golan Heights: Lebanese Hezbollah conducted nine attacks from southern Lebanon into northern Israel.

• Yemen: The Houthis launched one drone from Houthi-controlled Yemen into the Red Sea. 

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