IDF Spokesperson Announcement
August 21, 2014
Location : Tel Aviv

IDF Target Senior Hamas Terrorists Responsible and Involved in Multiple
Attacks against Israel

In a combined IDF and ISA mission overnight, Mohammed Abu Shamlah and Raed
Attar, senior terrorists in the Hamas terrorist organization were targeted.

Raed Attar (1974) is a senior Hamas terrorist in charge of the Rafah region.
Attar took an active part and is responsible for attacks including rocket
attacks, attack using explosive devices, and infiltrations into Israel which
led to the death of Israeli civilians. In addition, Attar was directly
involved in the implementation and execution of Gilad Shalits' kidnapping,
as well as holding him hostage in the Gaza Strip.

Attars was responsible for overseeing all terror activity in the Rafah
region; orchestrating complex attacks, constructing offensive terror tunnels
which infiltrated into Israeli territory and designing terror attacks via
the Sinai Peninsula.

Attars' role in the Hamas terror apparatus was to smuggle weapons into the
Gaza Strip and oversee the terrorist capabilities recruiting and arming in
the Rafah region.

Mohammed Abu Shamlah (1974), is the Hamas most senior terror operative in
the southern Gaza Strip. Shamlah oversaw and commanded the terror militant
campaign and effort in the southern Gaza Strip and orchestrated the
infiltration of 13 Hamas terrorists through an offensive tunnel near the
community of Sufa during Operation Protective Edge.

Abu Shamlah, who began operating in the early nineties along with Mohammad
Dief and Raed Attar, has been directly involved in multiple murderous
attacks against Israel including:

· 1994 – The murder of an IDF officer in Rafah

· 2004- A viscous attack of an IDF military post via an explosive
tunnel, planned by Hamas. Explosives were activated against the post, which
killed 6 IDF soldiers and injured over 10.

· 2008- A terror attack of the Kerem Shalom crossing which involved
the use of explosive laden military type jeeps and injured 13 soldiers.

· 2006 – Shamlah was directly involved in the construction and
execution of the terror attack in the Kerem Shalom crossing which led to
Gilad Shalits' kidnapping and the death of two IDF soldiers.

Lt. Col. Peter Lerner, IDF Spokesman: "Hamas terrorists orchestrating
attacks against Israel, launching rockets indiscriminately at our civilians
and abducting our soldiers will not evade our intelligence and striking
capabilities. This mornings' strike sends a clear message to those
responsible for planning attacks, we will strike those that have terrorized
our communities, towns and cities, we will pursue the perpetrators of
abduction of our soldiers and teenagers, and we will succeed in restoring
security to the State of Israel."