Secret service opens hunt Israel wants to eliminate all members of Hamas assault unit
October 22, 2023, 6:41 pm Listen to the article
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Hamas’ Nukhba assault unit murdered hundreds of civilians in the October 7 massacre. A new Israeli secret service force is now tasked with stopping the terrorists and eliminating all members.
According to media reports, the Israeli internal secret service Shin Bet is forming a new special unit to track down and eliminate the Hamas fighters who led the terrorist attack on Israel on October 7. Consequently, the name of the special force is NILI, an acronym for the Hebrew saying “Netzach Israel lo Iesaker” (German: “He who is the glory of Israel does not lie”). The same name was given to a Jewish underground organization that supported the British in the fight against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War.
As the newspaper “Jerusalem Post” reports, the Hamas command unit, Nuchba (in German: Elite), is in the sights of NILI. Nukhba terrorists led the Hamas massacre on October 7th. According to the newspaper, NILI operates independently of other Israeli special forces that focus on killing high-level terrorists. According to the Arutz Sheva news portal, the Israeli special unit already has names and photos of the terrorists involved.
The Israel Defense Forces announced the death of a Nukhba battalion commander and company commander last weekend. Both would have played important roles in the massacre. On Wednesday, Israel reported the elimination of more than ten Nukhba terrorists through airstrikes in the Gaza Strip. According to Israeli sources, a Nukhba member was also killed on Saturday.
The Nukhba special unit is subordinate to Hamas’ Quassam Brigades. The force was formed around 2010 and is trained for amphibious operations. It is not known how many fighters serve in the force. More than 1,400 people were murdered in the October 7 bloodbath in Israel, most of them civilians.