Israel's Defense Forces released evidence confirming that Ismael Al-Ghoul, a Hamas operative killed on July 31, was a member of Hamas' military wing. Al-Ghoul was a journalist at the Al-Hafez TV network and was involved in a 7th October attack. The released document is a 2021 file containing the names of over 10,000 Hamas military personnel, obtained from a computer seized in the Gaza Strip. The file reveals that Al-Ghoul was an engineer for Hamas' Gaza brigade at the time. The Israeli Defense Forces emphasized that despite Hamas and the Al-Hafez TV network portraying Al-Ghoul as a journalists, he was an active Hamas terrorist.