Abd al-Hadi Sabah, a commander in Hamas's elite Nukhba force, who was among those who led the October 7, 2023 attack, has been killed in a recent Israeli drone strike.
New York: The Israeli army has killed a top Hamas commander, Abd al-Hadi Sabah, who led the attack on a Jewish settlement during the October 7, 2023, terror onslaught, the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) has said. The commander of Hamas’s elite Nukhba force in Khan Younis was killed in a recent drone strike, the Israeli military and Shin Bet said. He led the terrorist attack on Kibbutz Nir Oz in Israel, during which terrorists kidnapped and murdered dozens, the army said.
"Abd al-Hadi Sabah--who operated from a shelter in the Humanitarian Area in Khan Yunis--was one of the leaders of the infiltration into Kibbutz Nir Oz during the murderous October 7 Massacre. Sabah also led and advanced numerous terrorist attacks against IDF troops throughout the current war," the IDF tweeted.
This came even as Israel's Channel 12 reported that Hamas spent seven years hacking security cameras to gather intelligence before its coordinated attack on Israel on October 7, 2023. Several documents seized from Hamas operatives during Israel's retaliatory action have revealed details regarding spying on kibbutzim (community living areas) that allegedly went on for at least seven years before the attack last year, the report said.
Israel's military offensive is continuing across the Gaza Strip, killing at least 45,541 Palestinians and wounding 108,338 since October 7, 2023, according to the latest estimate by the Palestinian enclave's health ministry. A UN report released this week said it documented 136 strikes on at least 27 hospitals and 12 other medical facilities from October 12, 2023 to June 30, 2024.
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