JERUSALEM (VINnews)-An Israeli airstrike in the northern Gaza Strip earlier this week killed a senior Hamas financial operative and his deputy, the Israel Defense Forces and Shin Bet security agency announced Sunday.

The strike eliminated Khader Jamasi, head of a funds transfer network for the Hamas terror group, along with his deputy, Muhammad Harazin, the military said. Both men served as key money transfer operatives for Hamas’s military wing in Gaza.

According to the IDF, the pair managed financial transfers worth tens of millions of dollars to Hamas terrorists during the ongoing war. They operated through a network of dozens of money exchangers in the Gaza Strip, enabling the group to pay salaries to its operatives and support terror attack planning against IDF troops and Israeli civilians.

“In recent months, the IDF has struck and killed several Hamas financial operatives in both the Gaza Strip and Lebanon,” the military added.

The announcement comes as Israel continues targeted operations against Hamas infrastructure and leadership figures funding the group’s activities.