The IDF and the Shin Bet announced that a commander in Hamas’s elite Nukhba force, who led the attack on Kibbutz Nir Oz during the October 7, 2023, terror onslaught was killed in a recent drone strike.
According to the IDF, the terrorist Abd al-Hadi Sabah, the commander of the Nukhba force in Hamas’s West Khan Younis Battalion, was killed in a strike in the Israeli-designated humanitarian zone in the Khan Younis area of southern Gaza.
The IDF says Sabah was among those who led the invasion into Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7, 2023, during which terrorists kidnapped and murdered dozens. During the war, Sabah was involved in numerous attacks against IDF troops in Gaza.
In the strike on the humanitarian zone, the IDF said it took steps to mitigate civilian harm. The elimination is part of an effort led by the Shin Bet to track down and kill all of the terrorists who took part in the October 7 onslaught.