Israeli troops dressed in women’s clothing assassinate Gaza commander

GAZA, May 19 (YPA) – The Nasser Salah al-Deen Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Resistance Committees, announced on Monday the martyrdom of senior field commander Ahmed Kamel Sarhan, head of the “Special Actions” unit, in Gaza Strip.

The brigades said in a press statement that Sarhan was targeted during an armed clash with an Israeli special forces force that raided his home in Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip.

The statement affirmed that Sarhan engaged in a direct confrontation with the Israeli force that attempted to arrest him, and that he managed to thwart the operation before being martyred.

It added that the failed Israeli operation was a blow to the enemy and a desperate attempt in a series of attacks aimed at breaking the will of the resistance and undermining its leadership.

Separately, Palestinian media outlets revealed a special Israeli force in women’s clothing, infiltrated Museum Street in the al-Katiba area of Khan Yunis earier in the day and attempted to kidnap Sarhan under heavy air cover. The force was discovered and violent clashes erupted between the two sides.

The sources stated that the operation resulted in the martyrdom of Sarhan and the kidnapping of his wife and children from inside the house, in a scene was described by Palestinian factions as “a new crime added to the record of the occupation’s crimes against the residents of the Gaza Strip.”