Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
One of the Hamas commanders who led the attack on Kibbutz Nahal Oz during the October 7 terror onslaught last year was killed in a recent airstrike, the military and Shin Bet announce in a joint statement.
This past week, Israeli fighter jets struck and killed several top commanders in Hamas’s Shati Battalion in Gaza City, the military says.
Among those killed was Majdi Aqilan, who the IDF says was the deputy battalion commander and a company commander.
On October 7, 2023, Aqilan was one of the commanders who led the massacre and taking of hostages at Nahal Oz, according to the military.
The destruction caused by Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Nahal Oz, near the Israeli-Gaza border, in southern Israel, October 20, 2023 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Additionally, the strike killed Mamdouh Mehna, who the IDF says is a senior tunnel specialist in Hamas’s Gaza City Brigade. On October 7, 2023, Mehna also raided Nahal Oz.
Another terrorist killed in the strike is named by the IDF as Ahmed Suwaidan, a company commander in the Shati Battalion, who was involved in kidnapping Israeli civilians and taking them to Gaza on October 7.
The Hamas operatives were also involved in attacks on Israel and troops in Gaza amid the war, the army adds.
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