In a major setback to Hamas ally, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Israeli forces claimed to have killed a key Palestinian Islamic Jihad commander. The IDF claimed Anas Murad, commander of PIJ’s naval forces, was killed in a drone strike. Meanwhile, Israeli forces claim to have killed another Islamic Jihad member who was involved in the October 7 attack. The IDF also claimed its soldiers uncovered several tunnel shafts in Rafah and killed multiple terrorists.