Israeli troops have claimed to have killed a Hamas commander who was the mastermind of the kibbutz massacres.
The military said today that an airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip killed Bilal al Kedra, who they believe was behind the devastating mass killings at Kibbutz Nirim and Nir Oz last weekend.
In a statement, the IDF said that “as part of the IDF’s extensive attacks on high-level agents and terrorist infrastructure in the Gaza Strip, the IDF and the ISA killed the Nukhba commander of the forces in southern Khan Yunis, who was responsible for the massacre at Kibbutz Nirim.” was.” .
Israel said it struck more than 100 military targets overnight, including command centers and rocket launchers, in preparation for the ground attacks.
Gaza’s health ministry said 2,329 Palestinians have been killed since fighting broke out.
The United States announced overnight that it would send a second aircraft carrier group to the eastern Mediterranean to act as a deterrent as the possibility of the conflict escalating into a regional war increases.
Israeli troops have claimed to have killed Bilal al Kedra, a Hamas commander who was the mastermind of the kibbutz massacres
The military said today that an airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip killed Bilal al Kedra, who they believe was behind the devastating mass killings at Kibbutz Nirim and Nir Oz last weekend
In a statement, the IDF said it killed the commander and other Hamas and Islamic Jihad operatives “as part of the IDF’s extensive attacks on senior militants and terrorist infrastructure in the Gaza Strip.”
An Israel Defense Forces spokesman told CNN that rescuing the hostages, who are “most likely” being held underground in a “sophisticated network of tunnels,” was the top priority of the military operation.
Since the Hamas invasion, the bloodiest day in Israel’s 75-year history, the Israeli military says it has mobilized 360,000 reservists.
More than 1,300 Israelis were killed, the vast majority of them civilians, killed in Hamas’ first attack on October 7.
Two senior Hamas commanders who led the terror group’s murderous rampage against Israel were killed in airstrikes yesterday.
Murad Abu Murad, believed to be the mastermind of last weekend’s deadly paragliding attack by Hamas gunmen, was killed by a bomb that targeted the terror group’s air operations headquarters.
Meanwhile, Ali Qadhi, a commander of the ruthless Nukhba commando unit, was killed in a drone strike.
Officials revealed black-and-white video of a massive explosion that rocked a Hamas base where he was said to have been staying.
The elimination of two of Hamas’ top leaders is a vindication of the Israeli government’s promise to “wipe the terrorist group from the face of the earth.”
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared last week: “Every Hamas terrorist is a dead man.”
Since then, the Israel Defense Forces have prioritized attacks on Hamas commanders and officials, as well as their intelligence and financial infrastructure in the Gaza Strip, ahead of an expected ground invasion.
According to Israeli security forces, Murad Abu Murad was “instrumental in leading the terrorists during the massacre” last weekend, which began with rocket fire before gunmen flew into Israel on paragliders shortly after dawn.
Hamas left a trail of destruction, including blood-soaked children’s beds, in a number of kibbutzes near the Gaza border
An Israeli soldier bursts into tears when he sees a family dining table still covered with challah bread from Friday Kiddush at Kibbutz Kfar Aza. Hamas terrorists massacred families here on Saturday
The Israeli Air Force confirmed the attack against him on
“During the attack, Murad Abu Murad, the head of the air force in Gaza City, who was instrumental in Saturday’s murderous attack and led the terrorists, was killed.”
Ali Qadhi was a notorious terrorist arrested by Israel in 2005 for being part of a Hamas cell that kidnapped and murdered Israeli civilian Sasson Nouriel.
Nouriel was filmed by his captors reciting a message confirming his abduction by Hamas and calling for the release of several Palestinian convicts.
He was later taken to a landfill and stabbed to death. Despite the horrific crime, Ali Qadhi was released in 2011 and deported to the Gaza Strip as part of a controversial prisoner swap.
He was one of 1,027 mostly Palestinian and Arab-Israeli prisoners exchanged for Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier who was kidnapped and held captive for five years.
The Israeli Air Force announced that Ali Qadhi was eliminated with the help of the Shin Bet intelligence agency. The Israeli Air Force said terrorists from Ali Qadhi’s Nukhba unit were “one of the leading forces that led the infiltration into Israel last Saturday.”
Now Israeli troops are hunting a Hamas commander described as the Osama bin Laden of Palestine. They promise to find him wherever he is hiding and insist that his days are numbered.
Yahya Sinwar, 60, is the current head of Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
He was arrested by Israel several times and spent 24 years in Israeli prisons. In 2011 he was released as part of a prisoner exchange for Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.
Israel’s death toll has passed 1,000 as the country plots bloody revenge on the people of Gaza
Yahya Sinwar is pictured speaking at a meeting in Gaza City in April 2022. He is considered the mastermind of the terrorist attack on October 7th
Sinwar is blamed for the murder of 1,300 Israelis in the October 7 attack. The U.S. death toll rose to 29 on Saturday, with 15 missing and believed to be held hostage in Gaza.
“Yahya Sinwar is the face of evil,” said Lt. Col. Richard Hecht, an IDF spokesman.
“He is the mastermind behind it, just like bin Laden was.”
“He built his career on murdering Palestinians when he realized they were collaborators.” This is how he became known as the butcher of Khan Younis [in southern Gaza].’
Hecht said Israeli troops would not rest until he was found and killed.
“This man and his entire team are in our sights. “We will reach this man,” he said, adding: “It could take a long time.”
Sinwar was designated a terrorist by the United States in 2015.
Hecht spoke as the Israeli Air Force killed Merad Abu Merad, the head of Hamas’ airstrikes, in Gaza City.
The Israeli Air Force also struck dozens of members and facilities of Hamas’ elite Nuhba terrorist commando unit that were involved in the attack.
On Saturday, Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh met with Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in Qatar.
Iran is a supporter of Hamas, but its direct involvement in the terrorist attack remains controversial.
It does not exercise the same operational control over Hamas as it does over Lebanon-based Hezbollah.