Israeli forces killed three senior Hamas operatives who Israel says took part in the Oct. 7 cross-border assault that sparked the ongoing war in Gaza, the IDF said Thursday.
The IDF and Shin Bet security agency said they targeted and killed Iyad Nasr, deputy commander of Hamas’ Jabaliya Battalion, in a strike on July 10.
IDF strikes in Gaza
(Photo: IDF Spokesperson's Unit)
According to the IDF, Nasr infiltrated Israel during the October 7 attack, was wounded earlier in the war, and later returned to command operations in the Jabaliya area. In recent weeks, according to the IDF, he directed attacks on Israeli forces, including against the army’s 162nd Division.
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The military said two other Hamas operatives were also killed in the strike. They were identified as Hasan Mahmoud Muhammad Mar‘i, commander of the group’s Central Jabaliya Company, and Muhammad Zaki Shamadeh Hamad, deputy commander of Hamas’ Beit Hanoun Battalion.
All three men are accused by Israel of participating in the October 7 attack, in which thousands of Hamas-led terrorists stormed into southern Israel, killing around 1,200 people and taking roughly 250 hostages.
The IDF said operations against those involved in the October 7 assault would continue.