The IDF confirmed on Wednesday that Hussein Fayyad, the commander of Hamas’s Beit Hanoun battalion, is still alive, despite earlier “confirming” that he was killed in a targeted operation in May.
The acknowledgment came after footage released today showed Fayyad alive, prompting the IDF to re-examine its previous assessment.
“In May, the IDF and Shin Bet determined with a high level of probability that Fayyad had been eliminated,” the IDF said in a statement. “This conclusion led to an official announcement at the time.”
However, the IDF admitted that subsequent examinations revealed flaws in the intelligence that informed their earlier assessment. “After further examination, it emerged that the intelligence findings upon which the Intelligence Directorate and Shin Bet relied were not accurate enough,” the statement added.
The IDF has not indicated whether it plans to target Fayyad again following this revelation.
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I wouldn’t believe much of what the IDF has been claiming throughout the war. They said they killed a good percentage of Hamas, yet Hamas still has thousands of fighters. Most of Gaza hasn’t been flattened.
Not surprised people they claimed to have killed are still walking the streets and tunnels.
It’s time we stopped trusting and believing everything the IDF says just because they are the IDF.
Why is this silly announcement even necessary? If you see him alive in live pictures at a current event, then you do not need an announcement that he isn’t dead or that your previous announcement of his death was greatly exaggerated.
These terrorists are all commanders….
every setback is an opportunity – now they get to target him again.