According to a Channel 12 report, one of the terrorists who celebrated near a burning IDF tank on October 7 and later stole an IDF vehicle and took it to Gaza has been eliminated. He was identified as a Nukhba squad commander.
Israeli forces eliminated a Hamas Nukhba squad commander who participated in the October 7 attacks and stole an IDF vehicle, the Israel Defense Forces confirmed Sunday morning, corroborating an earlier Channel 12 report. The military identified the commander as Abd al-Rahman Ziyada and said he was killed in a precision strike last week in Gaza City's Al-Shati area. In a separate strike the same day in Khan Younis, the IDF also killed Kamal Najjar, head of the Hamas tunnel unit. According to Channel 12, the Nukhba commander had been photographed celebrating near a burning IDF tank on October 7 and later stole an Israeli military vehicle, driving it into Gaza. The IDF statement did not specify the exact date or location of the operation, and the identities of the operatives have not been independently verified. The initial Channel 12 report was the first to surface; the IDF's official announcement followed at 09:01 Jerusalem time, first with a brief statement, then with the names of the two commanders.
5 developments
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- StrongIDF names second Oct. 7 Nukhba commander eliminated in Gaza, alongside tunnel chief
- StrongIDF strikes Hamas naval police headquarters and weapon warehouses in Gaza, kills commander
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