ByYONAH JEREMY BOB, DANA BEN-SHIMON, AVI ASHKENAZI , AMICHAI STEIN, September 1, 2026

Defense Minister Israel Katz on Tuesday confirmed that the IDF had successfully captured a senior Hamas terrorist while carrying out strikes on several targets in the Gaza Strip in response to threats against Israeli forces.

An Israeli official told The Jerusalem Post that the terrorist who was captured was Mu’in al-Arabid, Hamas’s Head of the General Security Apparatus.

However, a Palestinian source in Gaza told the Post that the man captured was in charge of Hamas’s internal security department in the area of Gaza City.