The IDF and Shin Bet killed the Hamas terrorist who held Emily Damari hostage in Gaza at the start of the war after he participated in the October 7 massacre.
In a statement, the IDF and Shin Bet said terrorist Mohammed Kanita was killed on June 19 in Gaza City.
Hamas terrorist holding Emily Damari hostage, killed
(IDF)
Damari said in a post on Instagram of the killing of the terrorist who held her: "One of many. May there be many such good news and may we be held accountable for all of them, God willing. But the real victory will be when Gali, Ziv and the other 48 hostages return."
Immediately afterwards, she added, next to his picture: "This is what the face of evil looks like. A face I will never forget. So happy to know that he is no longer in our world."
Later, she added: "I remember his face on that day when he took me to the tunnels deep underground. Where there is no air, no light, and no desire to live. Above us we hear planes, bombs and a whole war going on. Then he looks at me with a swindler's smile and tells me, 'That's it, you're going home tomorrow.'"
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"And no, he didn't say that because it's true. He said that so that I would have hope. That I would wait and wait and nothing would happen. I looked him in the face and told him he was a liar (and if you knew what it means to call a terrorist the word liar...) He looked at me angrily and said to me, 'Me? A liar? Why do you think that?', and then I told him, 'Because I hear the planes. There is no ceasefire and no imminent deal.' And unfortunately, between the two of us, I was right."
Damari was released from captivity in the last ceasefire deal in January after 417 days in captivity. She has undergone a series of complicated operations since her release to treat injuries sustained during the massacre. Damari lost two fingers after being shot by Hamas terrorists on October 7 and was treated with an expired bottle of iodine during the long months of her captivity.