A top Hamas commander responsible for the heinous Attack on October 7 in Kibbutz Nir Oz was killed by a targeted drone strike, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced.
Abd al-Hadi Sabah, who led the infiltration of Kibbutz Nir Oz, which devastated the community near the Gaza border on October 7, was killed on Tuesday local time in the Western Khan Yunis Battalion.
The IDF said in a statement on social media on Tuesday that it carried out the attack based on intelligence along with Israel Security Agency (ISA).
The agencies reported that Sabah is hiding in a shelter in a designated humanitarian area in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza.
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Abd al-Hadi Sabah was one of the terrorist leaders who infiltrated Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7 and led other attacks on IDF soldiers. (IDF via X)
The agencies noted that Sabah was one of the leaders of the infiltration of Kibbutz Nir Oz during October 7 and that he was a leader in “numerous terrorist attacks against IDF troops.”
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“The IDF and ISA will continue to act against all terrorists who participated in the murderous massacre of October 7,” the agencies announced.
The IDF said they took “numerous steps” to mitigate harm to civilians using “precision munitions, intelligence and aerial surveillance.”
Debris of a house that was devastated during a fight in Kibbutz Nir Oz, Israel. (Kobi Wolf/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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Sabah’s leadership on destruction Kibbutz Nir Oz in southern Israel, nearly half of the 400 residents were killed or captured during the October 7 attack.
