Israeli forces have killed the Hamas commander who led the October 7 terrorist attack that killed about 1,200 people and took about 240 hostages.
Adil Misma, commander of Nuhuba Company in the city of Deir al-Bala, has been “eliminated,” the Israel Defense Forces wrote on Monday.
According to the Jerusalem Post, Misma led terrorists to Kibbutz Kisfim and ordered other armed groups to destroy the communities of Nirim and Be'eri.
Officials said the commander was killed in an airstrike directed by Israeli ground forces.
The IDF said its forces “attacked Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorist targets” in Shejaya, identified a large cache of weapons, destroyed a launch pad and “elimminated” a terrorist group that attacked Israeli forces. Ta.
A Khan Younis rocket launcher was also shot down by the Israel Defense Forces as the Israeli Navy targeted targets in the Gaza Strip, officials announced Monday morning.
Israel has resisted international calls for a longer ceasefire, saying the war in the disputed territory will continue for months.
More than 21,800 people have been killed in Gaza, according to the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry.
The ministry does not distinguish between civilian and military casualties, saying two-thirds of the victims were women and children.
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Israel claimed that more than 8,000 of the Palestinians killed were terrorists. Neither side has provided evidence to support the death toll claims.
The majority of the Gaza Strip's 2.3 million residents have been displaced as the humanitarian crisis drags on, and more than half a million people are going hungry due to a lack of food supplies in the region, according to the United Nations.
